Commelinaceae Tradescantia occidentalis (Britt.) Smyth

Prairie Spiderwort

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Disinfectant

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 20

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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, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Disinfectant
Notes: Cold infusion of root used internally and externally for 'deer infection.'

RECRD: 96287 id: 40505

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