Passifloraceae Passiflora incarnata L.

Purple Passionflower

Houma - Drug, Blood Medicine

Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 63

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Scientific name: Passiflora incarnata L.
USDA symbol: PAIN6 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Purple Passionflower
Family: Passifloraceae
Family (APG): Passifloraceae
Native American Tribe: Houma
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Blood Medicine
Notes: Infusion of roots taken as a blood tonic.

RECRD: 90872 id: 25583

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