Polygonaceae Eriogonum leptophyllum (Torr. & Gray) Woot. & Standl.

Slenderleaf Buckwheat

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Analgesic

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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Scientific name: Eriogonum leptophyllum (Torr. & Gray) Woot. & Standl.
USDA symbol: ERLE10 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Slenderleaf Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Decoction of whole plant used for postpartum pain.

RECRD: 85792 id: 14073

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