Apocynaceae Apocynum cannabinum L.

Indianhemp

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Emetic

Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 36

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Scientific name: Apocynum cannabinum L.
USDA symbol: APCA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Indianhemp
Family: Apocynaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Plant used as a Waterway emetic.

RECRD: 81470 id: 3835

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