Aceraceae Acer spicatum Lam.
Mountain Maple
Potawatomi - Drug, Cough Medicine
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 37
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Acer spicatum Lam.
Scientific name: Acer spicatum Lam.
USDA symbol: ACSP2 (
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Common names: Mountain Maple
Family: Aceraceae
Family (APG): Sapindaceae
Native American Tribe: Potawatomi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cough Medicine
Notes: Compound containing inner bark used as cough syrup.
RECRD: 80194 id: 724