Araceae Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.
Skunk Cabbage
Mohegan - Drug, Anticonvulsive
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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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: Mohegan
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Anticonvulsive
Notes: Small piece of leaf eaten for epileptic seizures.
RECRD: 95878 id: 39258