Hamamelidaceae Liquidambar styraciflua L.

Sweetgum

Koasati - Drug, Other

Use documented by:
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 26

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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: Koasati
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Other
Notes: Decoction of bark taken for 'night sickness.'

RECRD: 88818 id: 20463

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