Caprifoliaceae Lonicera arizonica Rehd.
Arizona Honeysuckle
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 45
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Lonicera arizonica Rehd.
Scientific name: Lonicera arizonica Rehd.
USDA symbol: LOAR (
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Common names: Arizona Honeysuckle
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Family (APG): Caprifoliaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Leaves used as a ceremonial emetic.
RECRD: 89088 id: 21082