Rhamnaceae Frangula betulifolia ssp. betulifolia

Beechleaf Frangula

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

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 31

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Scientific name: Frangula betulifolia ssp. betulifolia
USDA symbol: FRBEB (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Beechleaf Frangula
Family: Rhamnaceae
Family (APG): Rhamnaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used in a hoop for the emetic ceremony of Mountain-top-way.

RECRD: 93346 id: 15042

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