Polygonaceae Eriogonum alatum Torr.

Winged Buckwheat

Zuni - Drug, Other

Use documented by:
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 49

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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: Other
Notes: Infusion of powdered root taken after a fall and relieve general misery.

RECRD: 85719 id: 13950

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