Fabaceae Desmodium illinoense Gray

Illinois Ticktrefoil

Meskwaki - Drug, Adjuvant

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 228

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Scientific name: Desmodium illinoense Gray
USDA symbol: DEIL2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Illinois Ticktrefoil
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Adjuvant
Notes: Plant in combination with others used as a powerful medicine.

RECRD: 85055 id: 12421

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