Fabaceae Senna marilandica (L.) Link

Maryland Wild Sensitive Plant

Meskwaki - Drug, Throat 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 228

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Scientific name: Senna marilandica (L.) Link
USDA symbol: SEMA11 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Maryland Wild Sensitive Plant
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Throat Aid
Notes: Seeds soaked until mucilaginous, then eaten for sore throat.

RECRD: 83502 id: 37722

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