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Amelanchier utahensis var. utahensis
Utah Serviceberry
USDA AMUTU
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Leaves used as emetics in various ceremonies.
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 30
Amelanchier utahensis var. utahensis
Utah Serviceberry
USDA AMUTU
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic
Leaves used as a ceremonial emetic.
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 30
Amelanchier utahensis var. utahensis
Utah Serviceberry
USDA AMUTU
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Panacea
Dried fruit used as a 'life medicine.'
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 30
Amelanchier utahensis var. utahensis
Utah Serviceberry
USDA AMUTU
Navajo, Ramah Food, Fruit
Berries eaten raw or sometimes cooked.
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 30
Amelanchier utahensis var. utahensis
Utah Serviceberry
USDA AMUTU
Navajo, Ramah Other, Ceremonial Items
Stem used to make Evilway hoop.
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 30