Araceae Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage
Meskwaki - Drug, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 203
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Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Scientific name: Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
USDA symbol: SYFO (
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Common names: Skunk Cabbage
Family: Araceae
Family (APG): Araceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Seeds used as medicine.
RECRD: 95856 id: 39255