Rosaceae Rosa woodsii var. woodsii

Woods' Rose

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Ceremonial 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 31

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Scientific name: Rosa woodsii var. woodsii
USDA symbol: ROWOW (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Woods' Rose
Family: Rosaceae
Family (APG): Rosaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Leaves used as a ceremonial emetic.

RECRD: 93787 id: 34276

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