Asclepiadaceae Asclepias syriaca L.
Common Milkweed
Potawatomi - Drug, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 42
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Asclepias syriaca L.
Scientific name: Asclepias syriaca L.
USDA symbol: ASSY (
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Common names: Common Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Root used for unspecified ailments.
RECRD: 82670 id: 6325