Rubiaceae Mitchella repens L.

Partridgeberry

Montagnais - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 313

View all documented uses for Mitchella repens L.

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Scientific name: Mitchella repens L.
USDA symbol: MIRE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Partridgeberry
Family: Rubiaceae
Family (APG): Rubiaceae
Native American Tribe: Montagnais
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Berries cooked into a jelly and used for fevers.

RECRD: 89854 id: 23153

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