Myricaceae Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult.

Sweet Fern

Menominee - Drug, Gynecological Aid

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 42

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Scientific name: Comptonia peregrina (L.) Coult.
USDA symbol: COPE80 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sweet Fern
Family: Myricaceae
Family (APG): Myricaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Decoction of plants used as a potent medicine in childbirth.

RECRD: 84328 id: 10526

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