Brassicaceae Sisymbrium altissimum L.

Tall Tumblemustard

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 29

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Scientific name: Sisymbrium altissimum L.
USDA symbol: SIAL2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Tall Tumblemustard
Family: Brassicaceae
Family (APG): Brassicaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Plant probably used in emetics.

RECRD: 95250 id: 38082

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