Pinaceae Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.

Engelmann's Spruce

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Emetic

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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Scientific name: Picea engelmannii Parry ex Engelm.
USDA symbol: PIEN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Engelmann's Spruce
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Plant used as a ceremonial emetic.

RECRD: 91281 id: 26860