Fabaceae Astragalus bisulcatus var. haydenianus (Gray) Barneby
Hayden's Milkvetch
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 32
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Astragalus bisulcatus var. haydenianus (Gray) Barneby
Scientific name: Astragalus bisulcatus var. haydenianus (Gray) Barneby
USDA symbol: ASBIH (
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Common names: Hayden's Milkvetch
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Fruit used as ceremonial emetic.
RECRD: 82843 id: 6451