Chenopodiaceae Chenopodium album L.

Lambsquarters

Paiute - Drug, Emetic

Use documented by:
Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 317

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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: Paiute
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Leaf chewed as an emetic.

RECRD: 83863 id: 9419

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