Ephedraceae Ephedra viridis Coville
Mormon Tea
Shoshoni - Drug, Cathartic
Use documented by:
Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 68-70
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Ephedra viridis Coville
Scientific name: Ephedra viridis Coville
USDA symbol: EPVI (
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Common names: Mormon Tea
Family: Ephedraceae
Family (APG): Ephedraceae
Native American Tribe: Shoshoni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Decoction of root or salted decoction of stems taken as a physic.
RECRD: 85390 id: 13215