Gentianaceae Gentiana andrewsii Griseb.

Closed Bottle Gentian

Meskwaki - Drug, Snake Bite Remedy

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 222

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Scientific name: Gentiana andrewsii Griseb.
USDA symbol: GEANA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Closed Bottle Gentian
Family: Gentianaceae
Family (APG): Gentianaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Snake Bite Remedy
Notes: Root used for snakebite.

RECRD: 86500 id: 15770

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