Cucurbitaceae Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray

Wild Cucumber

Ojibwa - Drug, Tonic

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 367368

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Scientific name: Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray
USDA symbol: ECLO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wild Cucumber
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Family (APG): Cucurbitaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tonic
Notes: Infusion of root used as a tonic.

RECRD: 85312 id: 12943

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