Araliaceae Aralia nudicaulis L.
Wild Sarsaparilla
Meskwaki - Drug, Burn Dressing
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 203
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Aralia nudicaulis L.
Scientific name: Aralia nudicaulis L.
USDA symbol: ARNU2 (
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Common names: Wild Sarsaparilla
Family: Araliaceae
Family (APG): Araliaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Burn Dressing
Notes: Poultice of pounded root applied to burns.
RECRD: 81562 id: 4050