Smilax bona-nox L.
Common names: Saw Greenbrier
Species details (USDA):
USDA SMBO2
Documented uses
6 uses documented
Choctaw
Drug, Tonic
detail...
(Taylor, Linda Averill,
1940,
Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes,
Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University,
pages 8)
Choctaw
Food, Bread & Cake
detail...
(Speck, Frank G.,
1941,
A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana,
Primitive Man 14:49-75,
pages 58)
Comanche
Other, Smoking Tools
detail...
(Carlson, Gustav G. and Volney H. Jones,
1940,
Some Notes on Uses of Plants by the Comanche Indians,
Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 25:517-542,
pages 524)
Creek
Drug, Other
detail...
(Swanton, John R,
1928,
Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672,
pages 667)
Houma
Drug, Urinary Aid
detail...
(Speck, Frank G.,
1941,
A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana,
Primitive Man 14:49-75,
pages 58, 59)
Houma
Food, Bread & Cake
detail...
(Speck, Frank G.,
1941,
A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana,
Primitive Man 14:49-75,
pages 58)