Portulacaceae Portulaca oleracea L.

Little Hogweed

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy

Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 22

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Scientific name: Portulaca oleracea L.
USDA symbol: POOL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Little Hogweed
Family: Portulacaceae
Family (APG): Portulacaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Misc. Disease Remedy
Notes: Plant used as a lotion for scarlet fever.

RECRD: 92269 id: 29788

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