Asclepiadaceae Asclepias nyctaginifolia Gray

Mojave Milkweed

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Antidiarrheal

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

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Scientific name: Asclepias nyctaginifolia Gray
USDA symbol: ASNY (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Mojave Milkweed
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Family (APG): Apocynaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidiarrheal
Notes: Infusion of plant given to infants with diarrhea.

RECRD: 82605 id: 6151

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