Polygonaceae Rumex crispus L.
Curly Dock
Mohegan - Drug, Tonic
Use documented by:
Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 75, 132
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Rumex crispus L.
Scientific name: Rumex crispus L.
USDA symbol: RUCRC (
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Common names: Curly Dock
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Mohegan
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tonic
Notes: Root used to make a tonic.
RECRD: 94156 id: 35297