Elaeagnaceae Shepherdia argentea (Pursh) Nutt.

Silver Buffaloberry

Navajo - Drug, Febrifuge

Use documented by:
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 156

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Scientific name: Shepherdia argentea (Pursh) Nutt.
USDA symbol: SHAR (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Silver Buffaloberry
Family: Elaeagnaceae
Family (APG): Elaeagnaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Berries taken for fevers.

RECRD: 95146 id: 37785

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