Fabaceae Desmodium sp.

Tick Trefoil

Alabama - Drug, Emetic

Use documented by:
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 31

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Scientific name: Desmodium sp.
Common names: Tick Trefoil
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Alabama
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Infusion of plant taken to cause vomiting for bad lung cold.

RECRD: 85064 id: 12438

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