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

Skunk Cabbage

Menominee - Drug, Witchcraft Medicine

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 23, 24

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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: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Witchcraft Medicine
Notes: Root used in tattooing, as a talisman against the return of diseases.

RECRD: 95875 id: 39252

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