ETHNO BOTANY

PLANT BOTANY

Medicinal Plants

Powerpoint by Nathan Mussino and Randy Hayes

INTRO

During the course of this sesmester we chose

to do this project hoping that we will learn

about the different types of plants of the

Ozarks. we expecially wanted to know how to

use plants as medicine and know which ones

we could eat.

OBJECTIVES

Learn about the medicinal plants of the

Ozarks.

Increase our team work skills

PROJECT GOALS

Make us better workers

Better time management

Learning how to heal without medicine

Knowing plants you can eat.

COMMUNITY

They will be able to use the plants that we

planted if they need to.

Also they can learn more about the plants if

they wish to and be able to enrich their lives.

We intended to ask the Lake Fayetteville

Botanical Gardens for help and advise.

We did get advise from Kit

TECHNOLOGY

Bucket

Shovel

Computer

Phone

Internet

Video Camara

SKILLS

Learning to work steady throughout the

sesmester.

Learned to do a little at a time

Learned to make sure to have contact with

partner

Learned to be more organized

PERSONNEL AND LABOR

Randy- computer website and helped multch

and plant and water, Powerpoint

Nathan- Powerpoint and helped multch and

water.

Pulled weeds - Both

RESOURCES AND REFRENCES

We give credit to Lohn Schmol, Jack Outlaw,

Megan Suterland Micheal Wallen, Hannah Sala,

Ryan Ward, Vanu Bagga, Bryan Wyman.

Also the websites found in the powerpoint.

Thanks Randy Hayes and Nathan Mussino for

making this project possible.

ECHINACEA PALLIDA DAISY FAMILY

(PALE PURPLE CONEFLOWER)

Echinacea species are

drought-tolerant perennial

flowering plants. While in

the daisy family they grow

up to 140cm. The leaves

and the lower stem leaves

have petioles and as the

leaves progress up the stem

the petioles often are

shorter in length.

This plant is believed to be a

stimulator to the non-specific

immune system and warding

off infections also being used

as a laxitive. It has been

found that Echinacea can cut

the chances of a cold in half.

POLYGONATUM BIFLORUM

(SOLOMON’S SEAL) RUSCACEAE FAMILY

LILY FAMILY

Root thick and white

Scars on root give plant

its name

Flowers are in clusters

Fruit is blackish blue

color

Fruit not edible

Diverse healing

properties.

Gives relief to sports

injuries.

Known to lower blood

pressure, relieve dry

coughs, and to increase

concentration.

ASARUM CANADENSE

(WILD GINGER)

Medical Uses: used for many medical purposes including the treatment of digestive disorders and in a poultice on sores. dried powered leaves used to promote sneezing. promote sweating, reduce fever and for coughs and sore throats. Many of these uses may be somewhat valid as the plant has been shown to have certain antimicrobial properties.

Family of Aristolochiaceae

This plant grows in dense forest. You can know that it is ginger by stratching the root then smelling your finger

http://2bnthewild.com/plants/H36.htm

IRIS PSEUDACORUS

IRIS (IRIS FAMILY)

The juice is

sometimes used

as a removal of

freckles from the

skin.

The juice of the

fresh roots, helps

in dropsy

“not moisture-loving - ordinary border soil, well cultivated, suits it well and the heavy clay soils are more or less inimical to its growth.

If the best results are to be obtained, deep and firtle beds should be prepared for these Irises,

Although they may be moved at any time of the year, April is the best month.

They will not flower the same year, but they will during the summer, if attended to, become sufficiently strong to bloom freely the succeeding year.

Winter is the worst time to move them, as in heavy soil, the plants often remain dormant without forming a single root-fibre until the spring. But they are easily increased in spring by dividing the root-stocks and replanting and watering into rich soil.”

http://nbii-nin.ciesin.columbia.edu/ipane/icat/browse.do?specieId=59

ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM

(YARROW)

Yarrow Tea is a

good for severe

colds, being most

Useful in the

fevers

cases of

obstructed

perspiration."

Family Asteraceae

These were the only two big plants that were in our ethnobotany gardens.

http://landscaping.about.com/od/plantsforsunnydryareas

/p/achillea_yarrow.htm

CIMCIFUGA RACEMOSA (BLACK COHOSE) RANUNCULACEAE

Discovered More than two centuries ago,

discovered that the root of the black cohosh plant (Actaea racemosa, formerly known as Cimicifuga racemosa) helped relieve menstrual cramps and symptoms of menopause

Relieves hot flashes, irritability, mood swings, and sleep disturbances. Read more: http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/black-cohosh-000226.htm#ixzz1tdFO4Ya0

Dry root for tea

available in capsules, tablets, and liquid

recommended for use in menopause.

Black cohosh should not be confused with blue cohosh, a nicotine-like herb that has similar effects but has not been thoroughly tested for its safety and effectiveness.

Read more: http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/black-cohosh-000226.htm#ixzz1tdFpEm2E

MONARDA CITRIODORA RUSTACEAE

BERGAMOT

a tea for early settlers

called 'Oswego Tea'.

Used for pimples

Omaha Indians used

the leaves for the hair

Give body more energy

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Helps the urinary system.

Nausea

Colds

Contains hydrocarbon

SPIDERWORT Tradescantia Ernestiana

http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=TRER4

All species of the Spiderwort are considered edible. The most common use is to mix the young leaves

into a salad. These same leaves can be cooked for a mere ten minutes to offer a potherb that can be

enjoyed with a meal.

Medicinally the leaves can be made into a poultice and used to treat insect bites and sores on the skin.

The roots are considered a laxative and a tea of the root has been used for stomach aches.

http://www.voyageurcountry.com/htmls/floweringplants/plants/spiderwort.html

PRANELLA HEAL ALL

PRUNELLA VULGARIS LABIATAE

Lives in woodland edges

Wastelands

Natural slopes

Dye is from the leaves and stems

Trives in damp soil

Long history of treating wounds

Sore mouth

Bleeding

Anti Bacterial

http://www.pfaf.org/user/plant.aspx?LatinName=Prunella+vulgaris

ERIGERON PHILADELPHICUS

DAISY FAMILY:ASTER

One of the common plants in the fields of Northwest Arkansas.

Grows in open woods and grasslands

Flowers May- July

http://www.ct-botanical-society.org/galleries/erigeronphil.html

Made tea

Used roots to chew

Helped coughs and colds

http://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/

pdf/cs_erph.pdf

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