Asclepiadaceae Asclepias involucrata Engelm. ex Torr.

Dwarf Milkweed

Zuni - Drug, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 373

View all documented uses for Asclepias involucrata Engelm. ex Torr.

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Scientific name: Asclepias involucrata Engelm. ex Torr.
USDA symbol: ASIN14 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Dwarf Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Zuni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Dry powdered root and saliva used for unspecified illness.

RECRD: 21227 id: 6148

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