Yucca aloifolia L. Aloe Yucca USDA YUAL |
Choctaw Drug, Dermatological Aid Boiled mashed root with grease or tallow used as salve for various purposes. Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 24 |
Yucca aloifolia L. Aloe Yucca USDA YUAL |
Choctaw Drug, Unspecified Decoction of roots used as a salve for various purposes. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 9 |