Rutaceae Ptelea trifoliata L.

Common Hoptree

Menominee - Drug, Panacea

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 51

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Scientific name: Ptelea trifoliata L.
USDA symbol: PTTRT2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Hoptree
Family: Rutaceae
Family (APG): Rutaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Root considered a sacred medicine and credited with all sorts of cures.

RECRD: 92820 id: 31425