| Latin name: | Nymphaea odorata Aiton Syn.: Castalia odorata (Aiton) Alph. Wood |
| Botanical family: | Nymphaeaceae |
| Growth habit: | Herb |
| Vernacular name(s): | American white water lily, sweet scented water lily (Eng.)
nymphéa odorant, nénuphar blanc, lis d'eau (Fr.)
odîte'abûg wa'bîgwûn (Ojibwa) |
| Uses: | | • | Plant pounded into a pulp and used as a poultice to heal swollen limbs [Mi'kmaq: 62]. Leaves: Paste used for swellings [Mi'kmaq: 60; Algonquians: 63]. | | • | Roots : | Juice drunk in coughs. Boiled and used as a poultice for swellings [Algonquians 63]. Used as a cough medicine or to treat tuberculosis [Ojibwa 87]. Powdered root put in the mouth to treat sore mouth [Ojibwa 47]. | | • | Rhizomes : | Decoction used for leucorrhoea. Poultice used for suppurating glands [44]. |
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