Rubiaceae Galium concinnum Torr. & Gray

Shining Bedstraw

Meskwaki - Drug, Kidney Aid

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 244

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Scientific name: Galium concinnum Torr. & Gray
USDA symbol: GACO3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Shining Bedstraw
Family: Rubiaceae
Family (APG): Rubiaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Kidney Aid
Notes: Infusion of whole plant used for kidney trouble.

RECRD: 86405 id: 15497

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