Fabaceae Desmodium sp.
Tick Trefoil
Alabama - Drug, Pulmonary Aid
Use documented by:
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 31
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Desmodium sp.
Scientific name: Desmodium sp.
Common names: Tick Trefoil
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Alabama
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Pulmonary Aid
Notes: Infusion of plant taken to cause vomiting for bad lung cold.
RECRD: 85066 id: 12440