Solanaceae Solanum xanti Gray

Purple Nightshade

Kawaiisu - Drug, Orthopedic Aid

Use documented by:
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 64

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Scientific name: Solanum xanti Gray
USDA symbol: SOXAX (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Purple Nightshade
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Kawaiisu
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Orthopedic Aid
Notes: Poultice of heated plant applied to swollen leg and shoulder.

RECRD: 95481 id: 38369

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