Salicaceae Salix humilis Marsh.

Prairie Willow

Meskwaki - Drug, Antidiarrheal

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 245

View all documented uses for Salix humilis Marsh.

---

Scientific name: Salix humilis Marsh.
USDA symbol: SAHUH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Prairie Willow
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidiarrheal
Notes: Infusion of root used for flux and enemas.

RECRD: 94378 id: 35884

---