Anacardiaceae Rhus typhina L.

Staghorn Sumac

Menominee - Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy

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 22

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Scientific name: Rhus typhina L.
USDA symbol: RHHI2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Staghorn Sumac
Family: Anacardiaceae
Family (APG): Anacardiaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hemorrhoid Remedy
Notes: Astringent, inner bark of trunk considered a valuable pile remedy.

RECRD: 93619 id: 33283

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