Rubiaceae Cephalanthus occidentalis L.

Common Buttonbush

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 243

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Scientific name: Cephalanthus occidentalis L.
USDA symbol: CEOC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Buttonbush
Family: Rubiaceae
Family (APG): Rubiaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Inner bark, very important medicine, used as an emetic.

RECRD: 83706 id: 8837

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