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Plants of the Omaha Indian Reservation
An Ethonobotanical Report
Native American Name Omaha Knows it as "kahts tuwiriki". There was no other names found among other American Indian tribes. Description A
deep tap root (if can be as deep as 18cm). The leaves are alternate and
hairless, can be to 2 inches long and are bluish green in color. Leaf
stalk is short and closely surrounded by papery stipules. The weed is
an annual weed and it flowers in the summer of June and August. Location and Habitat Prostrate knotweed can be found throughout Nebraska. On our reservation it grows by gardens or waste places. You can find this plant near roadsides between open concrete. It even grows in your own yards and it habitats in common weed in dooryards. Flowers around May and it usually dies around November. Uses It shown that this plant is useful medicine for bacterial dysentery. Primarily used ornamental because the seed itself is very poisonous and the seeds were used as a laxative until they found that it contained and LSD like substance which caused hallucinations. An alcohol-based preparation has been used with success to treat varicose veins of recent origin. The whole plant is anthelmintic astringent, cardiotonic, cholagogue, diuretic, febrifuge, haemostatic, litoritripic and vulnerary, it was forms widely used an as astringent both internally and externally in the treatment of wounds such as bleeding, piles and diarrhea. Cooking the leaves will reduce their content of oxalic acid. People with a tendacy to rheumatism, arthritis, gout, kidney stones or hyperacidity should take especial caution. There is no kind of recipe to do with anything. By Anthony Cook
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