Taxaceae Taxus canadensis Marsh.
Canada Yew
Menominee - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 54
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Taxus canadensis Marsh.
Scientific name: Taxus canadensis Marsh.
USDA symbol: TACA7 (
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Common names: Canada Yew
Family: Taxaceae
Family (APG): Taxaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Herbal steam from branches used in sudatory for rheumatism and numbness.
RECRD: 96014 id: 39584