Urticaceae Laportea canadensis (L.) Weddell

Canadian Woodnettle

Meskwaki - Drug, Urinary 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 250251

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Scientific name: Laportea canadensis (L.) Weddell
USDA symbol: LACA3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Canadian Woodnettle
Family: Urticaceae
Family (APG): Urticaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Urinary Aid
Notes: Root used as a 'diurient' and for urine incontinence.

RECRD: 88416 id: 19465

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