Juglandaceae Juglans nigra L.

Black Walnut

Meskwaki - Drug, Cathartic

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 224225

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Scientific name: Juglans nigra L.
USDA symbol: JUNI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Black Walnut
Family: Juglandaceae
Family (APG): Juglandaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Inner bark used as a very strong physic.

RECRD: 87971 id: 18300

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