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

Antelopehorns

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Emetic

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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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, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Plant used as ceremonial emetic.

RECRD: 82572 id: 6077

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