Cuscutaceae Cuscuta californica Hook. & Arn.

Chaparral Dodder

Diegueno - Drug, Antidote

Use documented by:
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 17

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Scientific name: Cuscuta californica Hook. & Arn.
USDA symbol: CUCAC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Chaparral Dodder
Family: Cuscutaceae
Family (APG): Convolvulaceae
Native American Tribe: Diegueno
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidote
Notes: Infusion of plant, picked from buckwheat plants, taken for black widow spider bites.

RECRD: 2445 id: 11788

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