Aceraceae Acer saccharum Marsh.

Sugar Maple

Iroquois - Drug, Pulmonary Aid

Use documented by:
Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 52

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Scientific name: Acer saccharum Marsh.
USDA symbol: ACSAS (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sugar Maple
Family: Aceraceae
Family (APG): Sapindaceae
Native American Tribe: Iroquois
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Pulmonary Aid
Notes: Infusion of bark with another whole plant taken by forest runners for shortness of breath.

RECRD: 50090 id: 682

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