Salicaceae Populus tremuloides Michx.

Quaking Aspen

Penobscot - Drug, Diaphoretic

Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 310

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Scientific name: Populus tremuloides Michx.
USDA symbol: POTR5 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Quaking Aspen
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Penobscot
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Diaphoretic
Notes: Infusion of bark taken as a diaphoretic for colds.

RECRD: 92232 id: 29654

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