Polygonaceae Rumex salicifolius var. mexicanus (Meisn.) C.L. Hitchc.

Mexican Dock

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Emetic

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 24

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Scientific name: Rumex salicifolius var. mexicanus (Meisn.) C.L. Hitchc.
USDA symbol: RUSAM (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Mexican Dock
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Whole plant used as a ceremonial emetic.

RECRD: 94214 id: 35477

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