Salicaceae Salix humilis Marsh.

Prairie Willow

Menominee - Drug, Antidiarrheal

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 52

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Scientific name: Salix humilis Marsh.
USDA symbol: SAHUH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Prairie Willow
Family: Salicaceae
Family (APG): Salicaceae
Native American Tribe: Menominee
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidiarrheal
Notes: Root taken from shrub bearing insect galls and used for dysentery and diarrhea.

RECRD: 94381 id: 35881

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