Caprifoliaceae Triosteum perfoliatum L.

Feverwort

Meskwaki - Drug, Cathartic

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

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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: Cathartic
Notes: Decoction of root used as a 'drink for cleansing the system.'

RECRD: 96402 id: 40769

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