Fabaceae Gleditsia triacanthos L.

Honeylocust

Meskwaki - Drug, Misc. Disease 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 228229

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Scientific name: Gleditsia triacanthos L.
USDA symbol: GLTR (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Honeylocust
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Misc. Disease Remedy
Notes: Infusion of bark used for measles and especially smallpox.

RECRD: 86777 id: 16012

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