Nyctaginaceae Mirabilis oxybaphoides (Gray) Gray
Smooth Spreading Four O'clock
Navajo, Kayenta - Food, Vegetable
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 21
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Mirabilis oxybaphoides (Gray) Gray
Scientific name: Mirabilis oxybaphoides (Gray) Gray
USDA symbol: MIOX (
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Common names: Smooth Spreading Four O'clock
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Family (APG): Nyctaginaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Used for greens in foods.
RECRD: 41998 id: 23078