Araceae Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott

Jack In The Pulpit

Mohegan - Drug, Poison

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 70

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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: Mohegan
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Poison
Notes: Infusion of root, poisonous if swallowed, gargled for sore throat.

RECRD: 81913 id: 4845

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