Fabaceae Amorpha canescens Pursh

Leadplant

Omaha - Drug, Analgesic

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 334

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Scientific name: Amorpha canescens Pursh
USDA symbol: AMCA6 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Leadplant
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Omaha
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Moxa of twigs applied for neuralgia.

RECRD: 81081 id: 3190

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