Hamamelidaceae Liquidambar styraciflua L.

Sweetgum

Houma - Drug, Diaphoretic

Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 61, 62

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Scientific name: Liquidambar styraciflua L.
USDA symbol: LIST2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sweetgum
Family: Hamamelidaceae
Family (APG): Hamamelidaceae
Native American Tribe: Houma
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Diaphoretic
Notes: Decoction of Spanish moss from this tree taken as a diaphoretic for fever.

RECRD: 88816 id: 20461

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