Apocynaceae Apocynum androsaemifolium L.

Spreading Dogbane

Montana Indian - Drug, Cathartic

Use documented by:
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 6

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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: Montana Indian
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Root, poisonous in large doses, used as a cathartic.

RECRD: 10022 id: 3751

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