Rosaceae Rosa sp.

Wild Rose

Cherokee - Drug, Antidiarrheal

Use documented by:
Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 74

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Scientific name: Rosa sp.
Common names: Wild Rose
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Cherokee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidiarrheal
Notes: Decoction of roots taken for dysentery.

RECRD: 93813 id: 34155