Commelinaceae Tradescantia occidentalis (Britt.) Smyth

Prairie Spiderwort

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Love Medicine

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 16

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Scientific name: Tradescantia occidentalis (Britt.) Smyth
USDA symbol: TROCO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Prairie Spiderwort
Family: Commelinaceae
Family (APG): Commelinaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Love Medicine
Notes: Plant used as an aphrodisiac.

RECRD: 96286 id: 40504

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