Poaceae Echinochloa crus-pavonis var. macera (Wieg.) Gould

Gulf Cockspur Grass

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Emetic

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 16

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Scientific name: Echinochloa crus-pavonis var. macera (Wieg.) Gould
USDA symbol: ECCRM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Gulf Cockspur Grass
Family: Poaceae
Family (APG): Poaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Plant used as a ceremonial emetic.

RECRD: 85300 id: 12927

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