Ethnobotanical Information
This result should not be considered complete or definitive and is for reference only. Care must be taken when using any wild plant for food, fiber, medicine or any other non-traditional uses. The information was complied using multiple sources and these references should be consulted for more complete descriptions of usage(s) and potential health risk. We are not responsible for any ill effects from the information included on this page.
| Uses |
Part |
Preparation |
Effect |
Notes |
| Utiltiy |
Sap or juice |
Dried |
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Fruit |
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Toys, Tattoo (with sand) |
|
Flower |
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Plant |
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Fiber for bow strings |
|
Root |
|
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Combined with boneset root fiber for whistle to call deer. |
|
Bud |
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|
Flower |
Boil, sweeten |
|
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Pods |
Cooked, fried |
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When young, in soups |
|
Shoot |
Cooked |
|
Less than 8 inches tall |
|
Seed |
Fluff |
Rope/fiber |
as substitute for kapok as boyant stuffing |
| Medicine |
Plant |
|
Female/childbirth |
Produce post-birth milk flow, mastitis |
|
Root |
Tea |
Digestion |
Laxative |
|
Root |
Tea |
Heart |
Dropsy |
|
Root |
Decoction |
Kidney |
Backache |
|
Root |
Tea |
Respiration |
Asthma |
|
Sap or juice |
|
Skin rash/allergy |
Rubbed on warts |
