Fabaceae Astragalus mollissimus var. matthewsii (S. Wats.) Barneby

Matthews' Woolly 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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Scientific name: Astragalus mollissimus var. matthewsii (S. Wats.) Barneby
USDA symbol: ASMOM2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Matthews' Woolly Milkvetch
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Leaves used as a ceremonial emetic.

RECRD: 82855 id: 6526

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