Nyctaginaceae Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM.

Heartleaf Four O'clock

Dakota - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 361

View all documented uses for Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM.

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Scientific name: Mirabilis nyctaginea (Michx.) MacM.
USDA symbol: MINY (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Heartleaf Four O'clock
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Family (APG): Nyctaginaceae
Native American Tribe: Dakota
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Decoction of roots taken as a febrifuge.

RECRD: 89788 id: 23066

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