Nyctaginaceae Mirabilis sp.

Four O'clock

Navajo - Dye, Yellow

Use documented by:
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 46

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Scientific name: Mirabilis sp.
Common names: Four O'clock
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Family (APG): Nyctaginaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Yellow
Notes: Petals boiled for about fifteen minutes and used as a muddy yellow dye.

RECRD: 2856 id: 23085

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