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hop-tree, wafer-ash


Entry Type:
Species
Scientific Name:  
Common Name:  
hop-tree, wafer-ash
Myaamia Name:  
kinoosaawiaahkwi

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Reference Source Reference Type Archival Data Comments
Gatschet, A.S. ca. 1895 Use - Medicinal

The root is used to reduce bile and regulate the liver functioning.  "kinoⁿzawiáxkwi, a medicinal bush growing on the Peoria reservation, six to seven feet high and popularly called wohu, wahoo. The root reduces bile, regulates the system and is good against biliousness [a dysfunctionally excessive secretion of bile]", "panther bush".

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

"kinózawĭákwĭ, decoction of, used for malaria"

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

Occurs in rich woods and thickets in eastern and western Myaamia lands

Reference Source Reference Type Data Comments
Dunn, J.P. 1908  

This tree also known as shrubby treefoil or water ash [although this is the common name for Fraxinus caroliniana, a different genus and species].