Asclepiadaceae Asclepias asperula ssp. capricornu (Woods.) Woods.
Antelopehorns
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 39
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Asclepias asperula ssp. capricornu (Woods.) Woods.
Scientific name: Asclepias asperula ssp. capricornu (Woods.) Woods.
USDA symbol: ASASC (
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Common names: Antelopehorns
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Plant used as ceremonial emetic.
RECRD: 82571 id: 6076