Rhamnaceae Ceanothus fendleri Gray

Fendler's Ceanothus

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 36

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Scientific name: Ceanothus fendleri Gray
USDA symbol: CEFE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Fendler's Ceanothus
Family: Rhamnaceae
Family (APG): Rhamnaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Leaves and stems used as an emetic in various ceremonies.

RECRD: 83628 id: 8646

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