Araceae Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.

Skunk Cabbage

Chippewa - Drug, Cough Medicine

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 124

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Scientific name: Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
USDA symbol: SYFO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Skunk Cabbage
Family: Araceae
Family (APG): Araceae
Native American Tribe: Chippewa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cough Medicine
Notes: Infusion of roots taken as a cough medicine.

RECRD: 95850 id: 39225

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