Rutaceae Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill.

Common Pricklyash

Meskwaki - Drug, Strengthener

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 244245

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Scientific name: Zanthoxylum americanum P. Mill.
USDA symbol: ZAAM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Pricklyash
Family: Rutaceae
Family (APG): Rutaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Strengthener
Notes: Compound decoction of inner bark given to strengthen convalescent patient.

RECRD: 97480 id: 44346

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