Viscaceae Phoradendron juniperinum Engelm. ex Gray

Juniper Mistletoe

Hopi - Drug, Witchcraft Medicine

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 72

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Scientific name: Phoradendron juniperinum Engelm. ex Gray
USDA symbol: PHJU (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Juniper Mistletoe
Family: Viscaceae
Family (APG): Santalaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Witchcraft Medicine
Notes: Plant used as 'medicine for the stomach and bad medicine of wizards.'

RECRD: 91165 id: 26509