Ericaceae Arctostaphylos pungens Kunth
Pointleaf Manzanita
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Ceremonial 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 38
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Arctostaphylos pungens Kunth
Scientific name: Arctostaphylos pungens Kunth
USDA symbol: ARPU5 (
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Common names: Pointleaf Manzanita
Family: Ericaceae
Family (APG): Ericaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Leaves used as a ceremonial emetic.
RECRD: 81782 id: 4472