Urticaceae Urtica dioica L.

Stinging Nettle

Kwakiutl, Southern - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 297

View all documented uses for Urtica dioica L.

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Scientific name: Urtica dioica L.
USDA symbol: URDID (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Stinging Nettle
Family: Urticaceae
Family (APG): Urticaceae
Native American Tribe: Kwakiutl, Southern
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Fiber used to cauterize swellings.

RECRD: 47046 id: 41698

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