Polygonaceae Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Winged Buckwheat
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Oral 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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Eriogonum alatum Torr.
Scientific name: Eriogonum alatum Torr.
USDA symbol: ERALA2 (
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Common names: Winged Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Oral Aid
Notes: Cold infusion of root used as a mouthwash for sore gums.
RECRD: 85716 id: 13944