Araliaceae Panax quinquefolius L.
American Ginseng
Menominee - Drug, Hunting Medicine
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 80
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Panax quinquefolius L.
Scientific name: Panax quinquefolius L.
USDA symbol: PAQU (
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Common names: American Ginseng
Family: Araliaceae
Family (APG): Araliaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hunting Medicine
Notes: Root used in some war bundles and hunting bundles.
RECRD: 1210 id: 25382