Fabaceae Robinia neomexicana Gray

New Mexico Locust

Hopi - Drug, Emetic

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 83

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Scientific name: Robinia neomexicana Gray
USDA symbol: RONEN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: New Mexico Locust
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Used as an emetic to purify the stomach.

RECRD: 41482 id: 33809