Pinaceae Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson
Ponderosa Pine
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 13, 14
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Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson
Scientific name: Pinus ponderosa P.& C. Lawson
USDA symbol: PIPOP (
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Common names: Ponderosa Pine
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Needles used as a ceremonial emetic.
RECRD: 91546 id: 27984