Aceraceae Acer negundo L.

Boxelder

Meskwaki - Drug, Emetic

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 200

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Scientific name: Acer negundo L.
USDA symbol: ACNEN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Boxelder
Family: Aceraceae
Family (APG): Sapindaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Decoction of inner bark taken as an emetic.

RECRD: 80142 id: 553

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