| Latin name: | Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Nutt. |
| Botanical family: | Araceae |
| Growth habit: | Herb |
| Vernacular name(s): | skunk cabbage (Eng.)
symplocarpe fétide, tabac du diable, chou puant (Fr.)
sikag-buk (Chippewa) |
| Uses: | | • | Strong medicine [Algonquin: 69]. Smelled to treat headache [Mi'kmaq: 43]. Used with Juniper gum in tubercolosis [Mi'kmaq: 43]. | | • | Roots : | Steeped to make a cough medicine [Chippewa 85]. , also used for swellings [Abenaki 67]. |
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