Polygonaceae Polygonum pensylvanicum L.

Pennsylvania Smartweed

Meskwaki - Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy

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 236237

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Scientific name: Polygonum pensylvanicum L.
USDA symbol: POPE2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pennsylvania Smartweed
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hemorrhoid Remedy
Notes: Used for piles.

RECRD: 91997 id: 28953

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