Plantaginaceae Plantago major L.

Common Plantain

Meskwaki - Drug, Burn Dressing

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 234235

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Scientific name: Plantago major L.
USDA symbol: PLMA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Plantain
Family: Plantaginaceae
Family (APG): Plantaginaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Burn Dressing
Notes: Infusion of leaves used for burns.

RECRD: 91744 id: 28437

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