Pinaceae Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.
Engelmann's Spruce
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Ceremonial 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 12
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Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.
Scientific name: Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.
USDA symbol: PIEN (
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Common names: Engelmann's Spruce
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used as a ceremonial emetic.
RECRD: 91280 id: 26859