Rhamnaceae Ceanothus americanus L.
New Jersey Tea
Meskwaki - Drug, Antidiarrheal
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 240241
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Ceanothus americanus L.
Scientific name: Ceanothus americanus L.
USDA symbol: CEAM (
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Common names: New Jersey Tea
Family: Rhamnaceae
Family (APG): Rhamnaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidiarrheal
Notes: Boiled root chewed as main remedy for flux.
RECRD: 83606 id: 8611