Juglandaceae Juglans cinerea L.

Butternut

Meskwaki - Drug, Cathartic

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 224

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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: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Decoction of twig bark or decoction of wood and bark taken as a cathartic.

RECRD: 87938 id: 18220

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