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Re: Fw: Pale Indian Plantain -ethnobotanical info ? try this:

James Trager:  Always glad to read your informed replies.  Cacalia
plantaginea has leaves with parallel veins, like monocots.  Have you any
comments to share about that?   Seasons  Greetings!   Geoff

-----Original Message-----
From: James C. Trager <jtrager@ridgway.mobot.org>
To: prairie@mallorn.com <prairie@mallorn.com>
Date: Tuesday, December 22, 1998 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Pale Indian Plantain -ethnobotanical info ? try this:


>The true plantains (Plantago) have long been recognized as plants
>that followed European settlement of North America. Some of the
>Cacalia or Arnoglossum species, especially the tellingly named
>A. plantagineum, have leaves very similar to Plantago, but grow in
>relatively undisturbed or wild (thus "of the Indians") places. The
>other species may get their name by virtue of their relationship to
>A. plantagineum, though their leaves are dissimilar.
>
>I am not aware of any ethnobotanical importance, but keep looking. It
>seems almost every plant was sampled by the first human inhabitants
>of North America, and someone may well have found or thought of a use
>for it. It is, however, interesting that many plants have widely
>differing or even conflicting uses in the Native American herbology,
>leading one to the unavoidable conclusion that many of the putative
>effects were more akin to placebo effects than to demonstrated
>pharmacological responses.
>
>James C. Trager
>Shaw Arboretum
>P.O. Box 38
>Gray Summit MO 63039
>PH# 314-451-3512
>FAX 314-451-5583
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