Liliaceae Maianthemum canadense Desf.

Canada Beadruby

Potawatomi - Drug, Throat Aid

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 62, 63

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Scientific name: Maianthemum canadense Desf.
USDA symbol: MACA4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Canada Beadruby
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Throat Aid
Notes: Root used for sore throat.

RECRD: 89402 id: 22042