Gentianaceae Gentiana andrewsii Griseb.

Closed Bottle Gentian

Meskwaki - Drug, Gynecological 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 222

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Scientific name: Gentiana andrewsii Griseb.
USDA symbol: GEANA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Closed Bottle Gentian
Family: Gentianaceae
Family (APG): Gentianaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Root used for 'caked breast.'

RECRD: 86499 id: 15769

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