Apocynaceae Angadenia berteroi (A. DC.) Miers

Pineland Golden Trumpet

Seminole - Drug, Other

Use documented by:
Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 248

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Scientific name: Angadenia berteroi (A. DC.) Miers
USDA symbol: ANBE2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pineland Golden Trumpet
Family: Apocynaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Seminole
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Other
Notes: Decoction of roots used by men for menstruation sickness: painful abdominal swelling and impotence. If a man has sexual intercourse with a woman during her menstrual period, the results were more serious than the other menstruation sickness. A doctor would never do this, as it would damage the 'medicine' which he has in his body. Other men were, sometimes, willing to take the risk.

RECRD: 61972 id: 3417

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