Cactaceae Opuntia whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow

Whipple Cholla

Hopi - Drug, Antidiarrheal

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 34, 86

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Scientific name: Opuntia whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow
USDA symbol: OPWH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Whipple Cholla
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidiarrheal
Notes: Root chewed or compound decoction taken for diarrhea.

RECRD: 90502 id: 24875

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