Hippocastanaceae Aesculus glabra var. arguta (Buckl.) B.L. Robins.

Ohio Buckeye

Kiowa - Drug, Emetic

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 41

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Scientific name: Aesculus glabra var. arguta (Buckl.) B.L. Robins.
USDA symbol: AEGLA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Ohio Buckeye
Family: Hippocastanaceae
Family (APG): Sapindaceae
Native American Tribe: Kiowa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Infusion of the inside of fruit taken as an emetic.

RECRD: 80697 id: 1638

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