Portulacaceae Talinum parviflorum Nutt.
Sunbright
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Veterinary Aid
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 26
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Talinum parviflorum Nutt.
Scientific name: Talinum parviflorum Nutt.
USDA symbol: TAPA3 (
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Common names: Sunbright
Family: Portulacaceae
Family (APG): Portulacaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Veterinary Aid
Notes: Cold simple or compound infusion given to livestock as an aphrodisiac.
RECRD: 95895 id: 39285