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Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
Yellow Sweetclover
USDA MEOF
Dakota Other, Incense & Fragrance
Bunches of plants hung in the home for the fragrance.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 91
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
Yellow Sweetclover
USDA MEOF
Dakota Other, Incense & Fragrance
Bunches of plants hung in the home for the fragrance.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 91
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
Yellow Sweetclover
USDA MEOF
Dakota Other, Incense & Fragrance
Grass hung in houses for the pleasant fragrance.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 365
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
Yellow Sweetclover
USDA MEOF
Iroquois Drug, Dermatological Aid
Infusion of flowers and rhizomes from another plant applied to the face for pimples and sunburn.
Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 49
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
Yellow Sweetclover
USDA MEOF
Iroquois Drug, Febrifuge
Infusion taken for typhoid-like fever caused by odor from killed snake.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 364
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
Yellow Sweetclover
USDA MEOF
Iroquois Other, Incense & Fragrance
Flowers used in a bouquet to perfume the house.
Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111, page 93
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
Yellow Sweetclover
USDA MEOF
Jemez Food, Forage
Plant very nutritious food for horses.
Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 25
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
Yellow Sweetclover
USDA MEOF
Keres, Western Other, Insecticide
Plant used in beds as a bed bug repellant.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 53
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
Yellow Sweetclover
USDA MEOF
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Cold Remedy
Cold infusion taken and used as lotion for colds caused by becoming chilled.
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 33
Melilotus officinalis (L.) Lam.
Yellow Sweetclover
USDA MEOF
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Cold Remedy
Cold infusion taken and used as lotion for colds caused by becoming chilled.
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 33