Taxaceae Taxus brevifolia Nutt.

Pacific Yew

Okanagan-Colville - Drug, Burn Dressing

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 35

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Scientific name: Taxus brevifolia Nutt.
USDA symbol: TABR2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pacific Yew
Family: Taxaceae
Family (APG): Taxaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Burn Dressing
Notes: Wood scrapings and Vaseline used as a sunburn ointment.

RECRD: 12207 id: 39517

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