Oleaceae Fraxinus nigra Marsh.
Black Ash
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 233
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Fraxinus nigra Marsh.
Scientific name: Fraxinus nigra Marsh.
USDA symbol: FRNI (
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Common names: Black Ash
Family: Oleaceae
Family (APG): Oleaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Inner bark of trunk considered a remedy for any internal ailments.
RECRD: 86344 id: 15257