Oleaceae Menodora scabra Gray
Rough Menodora
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Gastrointestinal 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 39
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Menodora scabra Gray
Scientific name: Menodora scabra Gray
USDA symbol: MESC (
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Common names: Rough Menodora
Family: Oleaceae
Family (APG): Oleaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gastrointestinal Aid
Notes: Cold infusion taken for heartburn.
RECRD: 89541 id: 22585