Symplocaceae Symplocos tinctoria (L.) L'H‚r.

Common Sweetleaf

Choctaw - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 50

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Scientific name: Symplocos tinctoria (L.) L'H‚r.
USDA symbol: SYTI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Sweetleaf
Family: Symplocaceae
Family (APG): Symplocaceae
Native American Tribe: Choctaw
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Decoction of scraped roots taken for fevers.

RECRD: 95880 id: 39260

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