Cupressaceae Juniperus communis var. montana Ait.

Common Juniper

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Cough 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 12

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Scientific name: Juniperus communis var. montana Ait.
USDA symbol: JUCOM2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Juniper
Family: Cupressaceae
Family (APG): Cupressaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cough Medicine
Notes: Decoction taken and used as lotion for fever or 'big cough.'

RECRD: 88043 id: 18550

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