Fabaceae Gymnocladus dioicus (L.) K. Koch

Kentucky Coffeetree

Meskwaki - Drug, Psychological Aid

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 229

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Scientific name: Gymnocladus dioicus (L.) K. Koch
USDA symbol: GYDI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Kentucky Coffeetree
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Psychological Aid
Notes: Wax of pods 'fed to a patient to cure him of lunacy.'

RECRD: 87011 id: 16370

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