Staphyleaceae Staphylea trifolia L.

American Bladdernut

Meskwaki - Other, Sacred Items

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 274

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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: Other
Use sub-category: Sacred Items
Notes: Seeds considered sacred and used in the rattles of the medicine dance.

RECRD: 1332 id: 38855

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