Fabaceae Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh

American Licorice

Keresan - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 561

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Scientific name: Glycyrrhiza lepidota Pursh
USDA symbol: GLLE3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American Licorice
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Keresan
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Infusion of plant used as a wash for chills.

RECRD: 86800 id: 16058