Orchidaceae Coeloglossum viride var. virescens (Muhl. ex Willd.) Luer

Longbract Frog Orchid

Ojibwa - Drug, Love Medicine

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 377

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Scientific name: Coeloglossum viride var. virescens (Muhl. ex Willd.) Luer
USDA symbol: COVIV (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Longbract Frog Orchid
Family: Orchidaceae
Family (APG): Orchidaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Love Medicine
Notes: Root smuggled into another's food as an aphrodisiac.

RECRD: 87054 id: 10436

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