Malvaceae Sphaeralcea sp.

Globe Mallow

Hopi - Drug, Pediatric Aid

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 34, 85

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Scientific name: Sphaeralcea sp.
Common names: Globe Mallow
Family: Malvaceae
Family (APG): Malvaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Pediatric Aid
Notes: Root used for babies with bowel troubles.

RECRD: 95650 id: 38686