Caprifoliaceae Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook.

Western Snowberry

Meskwaki - Drug, Gynecological 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 207

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Scientific name: Symphoricarpos occidentalis Hook.
USDA symbol: SYOC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Western Snowberry
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Family (APG): Caprifoliaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Infusion of root taken to cleanse the afterbirth and aid in convalescence.

RECRD: 95832 id: 39136

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