Pinaceae Pinus edulis Engelm.
Twoneedle Pinyon
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Ear 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, 13
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Pinus edulis Engelm.
Scientific name: Pinus edulis Engelm.
USDA symbol: PIED (
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Common names: Twoneedle Pinyon
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ear Medicine
Notes: Pulverized, dried buds used as fumigant for earache.
RECRD: 91433 id: 27647