Fabaceae Gleditsia triacanthos L.
Honeylocust
Meskwaki - Drug, Febrifuge
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 228229
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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: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Infusion of bark used for fevers.
RECRD: 86776 id: 16011