Fabaceae Dalea purpurea var. purpurea

Violet Prairieclover

Meskwaki - Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy

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 229

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Scientific name: Dalea purpurea var. purpurea
USDA symbol: DAPUP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Violet Prairieclover
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Misc. Disease Remedy
Notes: Infusion of root taken for measles.

RECRD: 91077 id: 12025

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