Caprifoliaceae Triosteum perfoliatum L.

Feverwort

Meskwaki - Drug, Analgesic

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 207208

View all documented uses for Triosteum perfoliatum L.

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Scientific name: Triosteum perfoliatum L.
USDA symbol: TRPE5 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Feverwort
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Family (APG): Caprifoliaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Root used on a newborn infant with a sore head.

RECRD: 96401 id: 40768

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