Cornaceae Cornus racemosa Lam.

Gray Dogwood

Meskwaki - Drug, Pediatric Aid

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 218, 219

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Scientific name: Cornus racemosa Lam.
USDA symbol: CORA6 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Gray Dogwood
Family: Cornaceae
Family (APG): Cornaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Pediatric Aid
Notes: Infusion of bark given, often to children, as an enema for flux.

RECRD: 84541 id: 10942

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