Solanaceae Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.

Silverleaf Nightshade

Zuni - Drug, Toothache Remedy

Use documented by:
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 378

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Scientific name: Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
USDA symbol: SOEL (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Silverleaf Nightshade
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Zuni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Toothache Remedy
Notes: Fruit chewed over sore tooth.

RECRD: 21292 id: 38281

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