Chenopodiaceae Chenopodium album L.

Lambsquarters

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Burn Dressing

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 20

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Scientific name: Chenopodium album L.
USDA symbol: CHALA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Lambsquarters
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Burn Dressing
Notes: Poultice of plant applied to burns.

RECRD: 83834 id: 9411

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