Cucurbitaceae Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray

Wild Cucumber

Meskwaki - Drug, Panacea

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: Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray
USDA symbol: ECLO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wild Cucumber
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Family (APG): Cucurbitaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Compound containing root used as a universal remedy for all sicknesses.

RECRD: 85306 id: 12940

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