Campanulaceae Triodanis perfoliata (L.) Nieuwl.

Clasping Venus' Lookingglass

Meskwaki - Drug, Emetic

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 206

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Scientific name: Triodanis perfoliata (L.) Nieuwl.
USDA symbol: TRPE4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Clasping Venus' Lookingglass
Family: Campanulaceae
Family (APG): Campanulaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Used as an emetic and 'will make one sick all day long.'

RECRD: 95602 id: 40745

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