Nymphaeaceae Nymphaea odorata Ait.

American White Waterlily

Potawatomi - Drug, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 65

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Scientific name: Nymphaea odorata Ait.
USDA symbol: NYODO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American White Waterlily
Family: Nymphaeaceae
Family (APG): Nymphaeaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Poultice of pounded root used for unspecified ailments.

RECRD: 90315 id: 24167

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