Orchidaceae Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.
Downy Rattlesnake Plantain
Delaware - Drug, Gynecological Aid
Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37
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Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.
Scientific name: Goodyera pubescens (Willd.) R. Br. ex Ait. f.
USDA symbol: GOPU (
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Common names: Downy Rattlesnake Plantain
Family: Orchidaceae
Family (APG): Orchidaceae
Native American Tribe: Delaware
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Administered to women following childbirth.
RECRD: 42764 id: 16106