Polygonaceae Eriogonum umbellatum Torr.

Sulphur Wildbuckwheat

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Disinfectant

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 20

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Scientific name: Eriogonum umbellatum Torr.
USDA symbol: ERUMU2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sulphur Wildbuckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Disinfectant
Notes: Plant used as a fumigant for biliousness.

RECRD: 85842 id: 14169

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