Plantaginaceae Plantago patagonica Jacq.

Woolly Plantain

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Dietary Aid

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 45

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Scientific name: Plantago patagonica Jacq.
USDA symbol: PLPA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Woolly Plantain
Family: Plantaginaceae
Family (APG): Plantaginaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dietary Aid
Notes: Cold infusion of plant parts taken to reduce appetite and prevent obesity.

RECRD: 91783 id: 28497

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