Fabaceae Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers.

Virginia Tephrosia

Catawba - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., 1937, Catawba Medicines and Curative Practices, Publications of the Philadelphia Anthropological Society 1:179-197, page 187

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Scientific name: Tephrosia virginiana (L.) Pers.
USDA symbol: TEVI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Virginia Tephrosia
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Catawba
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Leaves put in shoes for pain in the flesh of the body (fever).

RECRD: 96038 id: 39618

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