🪶Indigenous / Native American
Arrowhead (Wapato)
Sagittaria latifolia
About Arrowhead (Wapato)
Arrowhead (Wapato) (Sagittaria latifolia) is a herb used in the Indigenous / Native American tradition to help with Digestive Issues, Gut Health, and Fever. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Sagittaria latifolia is a plant found in shallow wetlands and is sometimes known as broadleaf arrowhead, duck-potato, Indian potato, or wapato. This plant produces edible tubers that were extensively used by the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal