Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea odorata Ait.

American White Waterlily

Ojibwa - Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 376

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Scientific name: Nymphaea odorata Ait.
USDA symbol: NYODO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American White Waterlily
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Family (APG): Nymphaeaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tuberculosis Remedy
Notes: Root used as a cough medicine for tuberculosis.

RECRD: 90313 id: 24162

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