Asclepiadaceae Gonolobus sp.
Milk Vine
Houma - Drug, Antiemetic
Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 63
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Gonolobus sp.
Scientific name: Gonolobus sp.
Common names: Milk Vine
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Houma
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antiemetic
Notes: Infusion of root taken for 'sick stomach.'
RECRD: 86862 id: 16087