Dioscoreaceae Dioscorea villosa L.

Wild Yam

Meskwaki - Drug, Gynecological Aid

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 220

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Scientific name: Dioscorea villosa L.
USDA symbol: DIVI4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wild Yam
Family: Dioscoreaceae
Family (APG): Dioscoreaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Root used by women for pain at childbirth.

RECRD: 85093 id: 12557

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