Brassicaceae Iodanthus pinnatifidus (Michx.) Steud.

Purplerocket

Meskwaki - Drug, Love Medicine

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 219220

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Scientific name: Iodanthus pinnatifidus (Michx.) Steud.
USDA symbol: IOPI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Purplerocket
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Love Medicine
Notes: Decoction of root used as a paint by women for a love medicine.

RECRD: 87801 id: 17843

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