Apiaceae Cicuta douglasii (DC.) Coult. & Rose

Western Water Hemlock

Salish, Coast - Drug, Cathartic

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 89

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Scientific name: Cicuta douglasii (DC.) Coult. & Rose
USDA symbol: CIDO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Western Water Hemlock
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Salish, Coast
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Used with caution as a purgative.

RECRD: 47678 id: 9853

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