Entry Detail


spikenard


Entry Type:  
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
spikenard
Myaamia Name:  
kahkiitiaahkwi
Harvest Seasons:  
Summer, Spring
Habitats:  
Beech-Maple Forest, Oak Forest including Oak-Hickory, Beech-Oak-Maple Mixed Mesophytic

Media 
Media not available.
Myaamia Archival Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Archival Data Comments
Walker, M. 2004 Use - Medicinal

Tea is made by boiling "spicnert", horehound, comfrey, cherry bark and "alicompain".

Dunn, J.P. ca. 1900 Use - Medicinal

"kakĭ′tyakwĭ, used medicinally"

Botanical Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Gleason, H.A. and Cronquist, A. 1991 Habitat 

Occurs in rich woods in eastern and western Myaamia lands.

Related Sources  
Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Steyermark, J.A. 1963  

Young shoots and starchy rootstocks are a food source for some Indian tribes, and the berries possess a cathartic action.