Plantaginaceae Plantago major L.
Common Plantain
Ojibwa - Drug, Snake Bite Remedy
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 380381
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Plantago major L.
Scientific name: Plantago major L.
USDA symbol: PLMA2 (
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Common names: Common Plantain
Family: Plantaginaceae
Family (APG): Plantaginaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Snake Bite Remedy
Notes: Poultice of soaked leaves bound on snakebites.
RECRD: 91761 id: 28455