Asclepiadaceae Asclepias asperula ssp. capricornu (Woods.) Woods.

Antelopehorns

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Respiratory Aid

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 37

View all documented uses for Asclepias asperula ssp. capricornu (Woods.) Woods.

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Scientific name: Asclepias asperula ssp. capricornu (Woods.) Woods.
USDA symbol: ASASC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Antelopehorns
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Respiratory Aid
Notes: Plant used as a snuff for catarrh.

RECRD: 82570 id: 6075

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