Asclepiadaceae Asclepias incarnata L.

Swamp Milkweed

Meskwaki - Drug, Cathartic

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 205

View all documented uses for Asclepias incarnata L.

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Scientific name: Asclepias incarnata L.
USDA symbol: ASINI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Swamp Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Root used as a cathartic.

RECRD: 82591 id: 6143

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