Betulaceae Betula lenta L.

Sweet Birch

Mohegan - Drug, Tonic

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 70, 128

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Scientific name: Betula lenta L.
USDA symbol: BELE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sweet Birch
Family: Betulaceae
Family (APG): Betulaceae
Native American Tribe: Mohegan
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tonic
Notes: Inner bark used to make a tonic.

RECRD: 83121 id: 7109

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