Apocynaceae Apocynum androsaemifolium L.

Spreading Dogbane

Meskwaki - Drug, Gynecological Aid

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 201

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Scientific name: Apocynum androsaemifolium L.
USDA symbol: APAN2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Spreading Dogbane
Family: Apocynaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Compound containing rind used by a woman with 'an injured womb.'

RECRD: 81412 id: 3748

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