Ohio History
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| Nerve Plant |
This delicate yellow flower was growing amid the palms and ferns of the Cincinnati Zoo Rain Forest. Its official name is the nerve plant, and it was used by Native Americans to make a cold tea mouth rinse that could help to relieve toothaches. I guess the "nerve" name makes sense. This was just one of the unusual tropical flowers we saw in the Rain Forest.
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