| Smilax laurifolia L. Laurel Greenbrier USDA SMLA |
Cherokee Drug, Burn Dressing Compound of root bark used as a wash for burns. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 24 |
| Smilax laurifolia L. Laurel Greenbrier USDA SMLA |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Astringent and slightly tonic root bark used as a wash for burns and sores. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 24 |
| Smilax laurifolia L. Laurel Greenbrier USDA SMLA |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Compound of root bark used for pox and as a wash for sores. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 24 |
| Smilax laurifolia L. Laurel Greenbrier USDA SMLA |
Cherokee Drug, Tonic Root bark astringent and slightly tonic. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 24 |
| Smilax laurifolia L. Laurel Greenbrier USDA SMLA |
Choctaw Food, Bread & Cake Pounded roots made into cakes and fried in grease. Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 8 |
| Smilax laurifolia L. Laurel Greenbrier USDA SMLA |
Choctaw Food, Bread & Cake Tuberous roots dried, ground into flour and used to make bread. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 58 |
| Smilax laurifolia L. Laurel Greenbrier USDA SMLA |
Houma Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of root taken for urinary disturbances. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 58, 59 |
| Smilax laurifolia L. Laurel Greenbrier USDA SMLA |
Houma Food, Bread & Cake Tuberous roots dried, ground into flour and used to make bread. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 58 |
| Smilax laurifolia L. Laurel Greenbrier USDA SMLA |
Seminole Dye, Unspecified Plant used to make buckskin dye. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 488 |