Celastraceae Euonymus atropurpurea Jacq.

Eastern Wahoo

Mohegan - Drug, Cathartic

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74, 130

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Scientific name: Euonymus atropurpurea Jacq.
USDA symbol: EUATA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Eastern Wahoo
Family: Celastraceae
Family (APG): Celastraceae
Native American Tribe: Mohegan
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Infusion of leaves taken as a physic.

RECRD: 85959 id: 14430

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