Latin name: | Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carrière |
Botanical family: | Pinaceae |
Growth habit: | Tree |
Vernacular name(s): | Sitka spruce, tideland spruce (Eng.) épinette de Sitka (Fr.) |
Uses: | • | Cones : | Boiled and decoction taken internally for pain in the chest [Sikani 97]. | • | Inside bark : | Scraped and chewed for cough [Sikani 97]. | • | Needles : | Chewed and saliva applied to external sores [Sikani 97]. | • | Gum : | Applied with a stick to the white spots on the eye [Sikani 97]. |
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