Polygonaceae Rumex hymenosepalus Torr.
Canaigre Dock
Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Panacea
Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 20
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Rumex hymenosepalus Torr.
Scientific name: Rumex hymenosepalus Torr.
USDA symbol: RUHY (
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Common names: Canaigre Dock
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Plant used as a life medicine.
RECRD: 94190 id: 35387