Polygonaceae Eriogonum abertianum var. abertianum

Abert's Buckwheat

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Dermatological Aid

Use documented by:
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 23

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Scientific name: Eriogonum abertianum var. abertianum
USDA symbol: ERABA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Abert's Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Decoction of plant used as lotion for skin cuts.

RECRD: 85707 id: 13933

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