Araceae Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott

Jack In The Pulpit

Meskwaki - Drug, Poison

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 272

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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: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Poison
Notes: Root cooked with meat used in abandoned vessels to poison enemy during war.

RECRD: 1320 id: 4836

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