Fabaceae Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell.

Trailing Fuzzybean

Houma - Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy

Use documented by:
Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 65

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Scientific name: Strophostyles helvula (L.) Ell.
USDA symbol: STHE4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Trailing Fuzzybean
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Houma
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Misc. Disease Remedy
Notes: Compound decoction of bean taken for typhoid.

RECRD: 95770 id: 38995

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