Ranunculaceae Actaea pachypoda Ell.

White Baneberry

Meskwaki - Drug, Stimulant

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 237238

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Scientific name: Actaea pachypoda Ell.
USDA symbol: ACPA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: White Baneberry
Family: Ranunculaceae
Family (APG): Ranunculaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Stimulant
Notes: Root used to revive and rally a patient at the point of death.

RECRD: 80586 id: 1416

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