Staphyleaceae Staphylea trifolia L.

American Bladdernut

Meskwaki - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

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 248

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Scientific name: Staphylea trifolia L.
USDA symbol: STTR (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American Bladdernut
Family: Staphyleaceae
Family (APG): Staphyleaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Seeds used in gourd rattles for dream and medicine dances.

RECRD: 95720 id: 38854

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