Cuscutaceae Cuscuta compacta Juss. ex Choisy

Compact Dodder

Pawnee - Drug, Love Medicine

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 110

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Scientific name: Cuscuta compacta Juss. ex Choisy
USDA symbol: CUCOC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Compact Dodder
Family: Cuscutaceae
Family (APG): Convolvulaceae
Native American Tribe: Pawnee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Love Medicine
Notes: Vine used by girls to divine sincerity of suitors.

RECRD: 84800 id: 11790

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