Fabaceae Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.

Yellow Sweetclover

Iroquois - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 364

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Scientific name: Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
USDA symbol: MEOF (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Yellow Sweetclover
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Iroquois
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Infusion taken for typhoid-like fever caused by odor from killed snake.

RECRD: 89521 id: 22561

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