Fabaceae Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Wood

Pointedleaf Ticktrefoil

Iroquois - Drug, Basket Medicine

Use documented by:
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 364

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Scientific name: Desmodium glutinosum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Wood
USDA symbol: DEGL5 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pointedleaf Ticktrefoil
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Iroquois
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Basket Medicine
Notes: Cold infusion of smashed roots used as a 'basket medicine.'

RECRD: 85054 id: 12420

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