Rhamnaceae Ceanothus americanus L.

New Jersey Tea

Meskwaki - Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid

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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Scientific name: Ceanothus americanus L.
USDA symbol: CEAM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: New Jersey Tea
Family: Rhamnaceae
Family (APG): Rhamnaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gastrointestinal Aid
Notes: Root, strongly astringent with great powers, used for bowel troubles.

RECRD: 83608 id: 8613

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