Araceae Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.

Skunk Cabbage

Delaware - Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 37

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Scientific name: Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
USDA symbol: SYFO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Skunk Cabbage
Family: Araceae
Family (APG): Araceae
Native American Tribe: Delaware
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Misc. Disease Remedy
Notes: Small portions of leaves chewed for epilepsy.

RECRD: 42780 id: 39227

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