Capparaceae Cleome serrulata Pursh

Rocky Mountain Beeplant

Tewa - Other, Paint

Use documented by:
Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 58

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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: Tewa
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Paint
Notes: Young plants boiled, dried, soaked in hot water and used as black paint for pottery decorations.

RECRD: 41941 id: 10344

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