Fagaceae Quercus alba L.

White Oak

Delaware - Drug, Disinfectant

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 30

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Scientific name: Quercus alba L.
USDA symbol: QUAL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: White Oak
Family: Fagaceae
Family (APG): Fagaceae
Native American Tribe: Delaware
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Disinfectant
Notes: Infusion of bark used as a disinfectant.

RECRD: 42648 id: 31880

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