Taxaceae Taxus canadensis Marsh.

Canada Yew

Montagnais - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 315

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Scientific name: Taxus canadensis Marsh.
USDA symbol: TACA7 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Canada Yew
Family: Taxaceae
Family (APG): Taxaceae
Native American Tribe: Montagnais
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: 'Brew' from plant used for weakness and fever.

RECRD: 96025 id: 39593

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