Fabaceae Lespedeza capitata Michx.

Roundhead Lespedeza

Meskwaki - Drug, Antidote

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 229

View all documented uses for Lespedeza capitata Michx.

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Scientific name: Lespedeza capitata Michx.
USDA symbol: LECA8 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Roundhead Lespedeza
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidote
Notes: Root used as antidote for poison.

RECRD: 88615 id: 19957

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