Apocynaceae Apocynum ?floribundum Greene (pro sp.) [androsaemifolium ? cannabinum]
Intermediate Dogbane
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
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 39
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Apocynum ?floribundum Greene (pro sp.) [androsaemifolium ? cannabinum]
Scientific name: Apocynum ?floribundum Greene (pro sp.) [androsaemifolium ? cannabinum]
USDA symbol: APFL (
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Common names: Intermediate Dogbane
Family: Apocynaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Leaves used as a ceremonial emetic.
RECRD: 81456 id: 3880