Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia brachycera Engelm.
Rocky Mountain Spurge
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Gynecological 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 35
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Euphorbia brachycera Engelm.
Scientific name: Euphorbia brachycera Engelm.
USDA symbol: EUBR (
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Common names: Rocky Mountain Spurge
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Family (APG): Euphorbiaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Poultice of root applied to hard areas of 'caked breast.'
RECRD: 86162 id: 14579