Polygonaceae Polygonum lapathifolium L.

Curlytop Knotweed

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 23, 24

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Scientific name: Polygonum lapathifolium L.
USDA symbol: POLA4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Curlytop Knotweed
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Cold infusion of plant used as ceremonial chant lotion.

RECRD: 91991 id: 28944

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