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Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) Gray
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
Hopi Drug, Gynecological Aid
Used to push up the blood in the woman during the pregnant stage.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 334
Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) Gray
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
Hopi Drug, Hallucinogen
Root chewed by medicine man to induce visions while making a diagnosis.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 334
Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) Gray
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
Hopi Drug, Veterinary Aid
Used as antiseptic to wash out wounds in horses.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 334
Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) Gray
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
Hopi Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Heavy root used to anchor the bird trap string.
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 334
Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) Gray
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
Keres, Western Other, Smoke Plant
Dried leaves used as tobacco.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 54
Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) Gray
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
Navajo Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
Plant used for rheumatism.
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 161
Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) Gray
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
Navajo Drug, Dermatological Aid
Plant used for 'swellings.'
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 161
Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) Gray
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
Navajo Drug, Oral Aid
Plant used for various mouth disorders.
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 161
Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) Gray
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Dermatological Aid
Poultice of root applied to swellings.
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 26
Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) Gray
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
Navajo, Ramah Food, Beverage
Used to make tea.
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 26
Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) Gray
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
Zuni Drug, Dietary Aid
Powdered root mixed with flour, made into a bread and used to decrease appetite.
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 377
Mirabilis multiflora var. multiflora
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
Hopi Drug, Hallucinogen
Roots chewed by doctor to induce visions while making diagnosis.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 31, 75
Mirabilis multiflora var. multiflora
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
Tewa Drug, Kidney Aid
Infusion of pulverized root taken for swellings 'of dropsical origin.'
Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 60
Mirabilis multiflora var. multiflora
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
Zuni Drug, Dietary Aid
Infusion of root taken and rubbed on abdomen of hungry adults and children.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 58, 59
Mirabilis multiflora var. multiflora
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
Zuni Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Infusion of powdered root taken by adults or children after overeating.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 58
Mirabilis multiflora var. multiflora
Colorado Four O'clock
USDA MIMUM
Zuni Drug, Pediatric Aid
Infusion of powdered root taken by adults or children after overeating.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 58