Polygonaceae Eriogonum annuum Nutt.
Annual Buckwheat
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Dermatological 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 23
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Eriogonum annuum Nutt.
Scientific name: Eriogonum annuum Nutt.
USDA symbol: ERAN4 (
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Common names: Annual Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Cold infusion taken or used as lotion for red ant bite.
RECRD: 85819 id: 13969