Aristolochiaceae Asarum canadense L.
Canadian Wildginger
Meskwaki - Drug, Throat Aid
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 204
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Asarum canadense L.
Scientific name: Asarum canadense L.
USDA symbol: ASCA (
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Common names: Canadian Wildginger
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Family (APG): Aristolochiaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Throat Aid
Notes: Used for sore throat and as a medicine used as a seasoning.
RECRD: 82506 id: 6028