Rosaceae Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.

Antelope Bitterbrush

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Gynecological 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 31

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Scientific name: Purshia tridentata (Pursh) DC.
USDA symbol: PUTR2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Antelope Bitterbrush
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Decoction of root used to facilitate delivery of placenta.

RECRD: 92873 id: 31687