Fabaceae Psoralidium lanceolatum (Pursh) Rydb.

Lemon Scurfpea

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Witchcraft 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 34

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Scientific name: Psoralidium lanceolatum (Pursh) Rydb.
USDA symbol: PSLA3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Lemon Scurfpea
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Witchcraft Medicine
Notes: Cold infusion of plant used as a lotion for protection from witches.

RECRD: 92800 id: 31363

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