Rosaceae Prunus serotina Ehrh.

Black Cherry

Mohegan - Drug, Antidiarrheal

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74, 130

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Scientific name: Prunus serotina Ehrh.
USDA symbol: PRSES (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Black Cherry
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Mohegan
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidiarrheal
Notes: Liquid from fermented fruit taken for dysentery.

RECRD: 92560 id: 30640

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