Juglandaceae Juglans cinerea L.

Butternut

Menominee - Drug, Cathartic

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 38, 39

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Scientific name: Juglans cinerea L.
USDA symbol: JUCI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Butternut
Family: Juglandaceae
Family (APG): Juglandaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Syrup from sap used as a standard 'physic.'

RECRD: 87955 id: 18216

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