Araceae Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott

Jack In The Pulpit

Menominee - Drug, Eye Medicine

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 23

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Scientific name: Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott
USDA symbol: ARTRT3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Jack In The Pulpit
Family: Araceae
Family (APG): Araceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Poultice of pulverized root applied to sore eyes.

RECRD: 81905 id: 4832