Fagaceae Quercus ?pauciloba Rydb. (pro sp.) [gambelii ? turbinella]

Wavyleaf Oak

Navajo, Ramah - Dye, Black

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 22

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Scientific name: Quercus ?pauciloba Rydb. (pro sp.) [gambelii ? turbinella]
USDA symbol: QUPA4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wavyleaf Oak
Family: Fagaceae
Family (APG): Fagaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Black
Notes: Charcoal used as a black pigment for sand paintings.

RECRD: 10453 id: 32618

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