Rosaceae Malus ioensis var. ioensis

Prairie Crabapple

Meskwaki - Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy

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 242

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Scientific name: Malus ioensis var. ioensis
USDA symbol: MAIOI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Prairie Crabapple
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Misc. Disease Remedy
Notes: Used fifty years ago for smallpox.

RECRD: 93018 id: 22293

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