Zygophyllaceae Tribulus terrestris L.

Puncturevine

Navajo - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

Use documented by:
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 163

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Scientific name: Tribulus terrestris L.
USDA symbol: TRTE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Puncturevine
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Family (APG): Zygophyllaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used as a traditional ceremonial medicine.

RECRD: 96311 id: 40549

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