Liliaceae Echeandia flavescens (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Cruden

Torrey's Craglily

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Gynecological 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 20

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Scientific name: Echeandia flavescens (J.A. & J.H. Schultes) Cruden
USDA symbol: ECFL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Torrey's Craglily
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Cold infusion of root taken to ease delivery of placenta.

RECRD: 81392 id: 12744

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