Polygonaceae Eriogonum jamesii Benth.

James' Buckwheat

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Psychological Aid

Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 19

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Scientific name: Eriogonum jamesii Benth.
USDA symbol: ERJAJ (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: James' Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Psychological Aid
Notes: Plant smoked when disturbed by dreaming of tobacco worms.

RECRD: 85777 id: 14056

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