Fabaceae Psoralidium lanceolatum (Pursh) Rydb.
Lemon Scurfpea
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Venereal 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 34
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Psoralidium lanceolatum (Pursh) Rydb.
Scientific name: Psoralidium lanceolatum (Pursh) Rydb.
USDA symbol: PSLA3 (
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Common names: Lemon Scurfpea
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Venereal Aid
Notes: Compound decoction of root used for venereal disease.
RECRD: 92799 id: 31362