Polygonaceae Polygonum ramosissimum Michx.

Bushy Knotweed

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Analgesic

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 ramosissimum Michx.
USDA symbol: PORAR (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Bushy Knotweed
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Warm infusion of plant taken for stomachache.

RECRD: 92014 id: 28967

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