Polygonaceae Eriogonum alatum Torr.

Winged Buckwheat

Zuni - Drug, Emetic

Use documented by:
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 378

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Scientific name: Eriogonum alatum Torr.
USDA symbol: ERALA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Winged Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Zuni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Root eaten as an emetic for stomachaches.

RECRD: 21284 id: 13949

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