Solanaceae Solanum triflorum Nutt.

Cutleaf Nightshade

Navajo, Ramah - Other, Fertilizer

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 43

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Scientific name: Solanum triflorum Nutt.
USDA symbol: SOTR (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Cutleaf Nightshade
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Fertilizer
Notes: Dried berries soaked in water and planted with watermelon seed to increase productivity.

RECRD: 10596 id: 38345

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