Asteraceae Silphium perfoliatum L.

Cup Plant

Meskwaki - Drug, Antiemetic

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 217

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Scientific name: Silphium perfoliatum L.
USDA symbol: SIPEP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Cup Plant
Family: Asteraceae
Family (APG): Asteraceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antiemetic
Notes: Root used to 'alleviate the vomiting of pregnancy.'

RECRD: 95222 id: 38030

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