Asteraceae Pluchea foetida (L.) DC.

Stinking Camphorweed

Choctaw - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 63

View all documented uses for Pluchea foetida (L.) DC.

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Scientific name: Pluchea foetida (L.) DC.
USDA symbol: PLFOF (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Stinking Camphorweed
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Choctaw
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Decoction of leaves taken for fevers.

RECRD: 91846 id: 28628

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