Ericaceae Pyrola americana Sweet

American Wintergreen

Ojibwa - Drug, Hunting Medicine

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 430

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Scientific name: Pyrola americana Sweet
USDA symbol: PYAM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: American Wintergreen
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Ojibwa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hunting Medicine
Notes: Dried leaves used to make tea and drunk as good luck potion in the morning before the hunt started.

RECRD: 241 id: 31761