Solanaceae Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.

Coyote Tobacco

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 43

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Scientific name: Nicotiana attenuata Torr. ex S. Wats.
USDA symbol: NIAT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Coyote Tobacco
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cough Medicine
Notes: Leaves smoked in corn husks for cough.

RECRD: 90142 id: 23762

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