Fabaceae Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.

Breadroot Scurfpea

Cheyenne - Drug, Antidiarrheal

Use documented by:
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 29

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Scientific name: Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.
USDA symbol: PEES (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Breadroot Scurfpea
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Cheyenne
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidiarrheal
Notes: Plant used as a diarrhea medicine.

RECRD: 92790 id: 25717

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