Cactaceae Opuntia sp.

Prickly Pear

Navajo - Drug, Dermatological Aid

Use documented by:
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 161

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Scientific name: Opuntia sp.
Common names: Prickly Pear
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Plant used for boils.

RECRD: 90501 id: 24838

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