Taxaceae Taxus canadensis Marsh.

Canada Yew

Penobscot - Drug, Cold Remedy

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 309

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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: Penobscot
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cold Remedy
Notes: Infusion of twigs taken for colds.

RECRD: 0 id: 39597

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