Rosaceae Fallugia paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. ex Torr.

Apacheplume

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

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 30, 31

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Scientific name: Fallugia paradoxa (D. Don) Endl. ex Torr.
USDA symbol: FAPA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Apacheplume
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Cold infusion of leaves used as a ceremonial lotion and leaves used as a ceremonial emetic.

RECRD: 86253 id: 14707

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