Lauraceae Lindera sp.

Spicewood

Mohegan - Drug, Anthelmintic

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 70

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Scientific name: Lindera sp.
Common names: Spicewood
Family: Lauraceae
Family (APG): Lauraceae
Native American Tribe: Mohegan
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Anthelmintic
Notes: Fresh leaves chewed or infusion taken by children and adults as a vermifuge.

RECRD: 88759 id: 20375

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