Fabaceae Gleditsia triacanthos L.
Honeylocust
Delaware - Drug, Cough Medicine
Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 30
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Gleditsia triacanthos L.
Scientific name: Gleditsia triacanthos L.
USDA symbol: GLTR (
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Common names: Honeylocust
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Delaware
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cough Medicine
Notes: Bark combined with bark of prickly ash, wild cherry and sassafras and used as a tonic for coughs.
RECRD: 42637 id: 16005