Caprifoliaceae Lonicera canadensis Bartr. ex Marsh.

American Fly Honeysuckle

Montagnais - Drug, Diuretic

Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 315

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Scientific name: Lonicera canadensis Bartr. ex Marsh.
USDA symbol: LOCA7 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American Fly Honeysuckle
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Family (APG): Caprifoliaceae
Native American Tribe: Montagnais
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Diuretic
Notes: Infusion of vines taken as a diuretic.

RECRD: 89098 id: 21092