Onagraceae Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner

Hooker's Eveningprimrose

Zuni - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)

Use documented by:
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 377

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Scientific name: Oenothera elata ssp. hookeri (Torr. & Gray) W. Dietr. & W.L. Wagner
USDA symbol: OEELH2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Hooker's Eveningprimrose
Family: Onagraceae
Family (APG): Onagraceae
Native American Tribe: Zuni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Poultice of powdered flower and saliva applied at night to swellings.

RECRD: 21280 id: 24313

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