Salicaceae Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh.

Eastern Cottonwood

Delaware - Drug, Strengthener

Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 31

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Scientific name: Populus deltoides Bartr. ex Marsh.
USDA symbol: PODED (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Eastern Cottonwood
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Delaware
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Strengthener
Notes: Bark combined with black haw and wild plum barks and used by women for weakness and debility.

RECRD: 42656 id: 29367

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