Acoraceae Acorus calamus L.

Calamus

Meskwaki - Drug, Cathartic

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 201202

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Scientific name: Acorus calamus L.
USDA symbol: ACAM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Calamus
Family: Acoraceae
Family (APG): Acoraceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Plant used as a physic.

RECRD: 80483 id: 1319

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