Nyctaginaceae Tripterocalyx carnea var. wootonii (Standl.) L.A. Gal.

Wooton's Sandpuffs

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Witchcraft 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 26

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Scientific name: Tripterocalyx carnea var. wootonii (Standl.) L.A. Gal.
USDA symbol: TRCAW (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wooton's Sandpuffs
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Family (APG): Nyctaginaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Witchcraft Medicine
Notes: Cold infusion of plant taken to give protection from witches.

RECRD: 96425 id: 40777

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