Polygonaceae Polygonum douglasii ssp. johnstonii (Munz) Hickman

Johnston's Knotweed

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Nose 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 24

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Scientific name: Polygonum douglasii ssp. johnstonii (Munz) Hickman
USDA symbol: PODOJ2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Johnston's Knotweed
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Nose Medicine
Notes: Plant used as snuff for nose troubles.

RECRD: 92017 id: 28924

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