Araceae Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott

Jack In The Pulpit

Meskwaki - Drug, Sedative

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 202

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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: Sedative
Notes: Compound used in very small doses for insomnia.

RECRD: 81884 id: 4837