Liliaceae Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb.

Snow Trillium

Menominee - Drug, Disinfectant

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 41

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Scientific name: Trillium grandiflorum (Michx.) Salisb.
USDA symbol: TRGR4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Snow Trillium
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Disinfectant
Notes: Decoction of root purified man after intercourse with menstruating woman.

RECRD: 96365 id: 40706

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