Capparaceae Cleome serrulata Pursh

Rocky Mountain Beeplant

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Throat Aid

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 29

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Scientific name: Cleome serrulata Pursh
USDA symbol: CLSE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rocky Mountain Beeplant
Family: Capparaceae
Family (APG): Cleomaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Throat Aid
Notes: Decoction of seeds used ceremonially to improve voice.

RECRD: 84233 id: 10332

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