Chenopodiaceae Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr.

Greasewood

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid

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 25

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Scientific name: Sarcobatus vermiculatus (Hook.) Torr.
USDA symbol: SAVE4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Greasewood
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gastrointestinal Aid
Notes: Warm infusion of leaves taken to kill a swallowed red ant.

RECRD: 94894 id: 37165

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