Polygonaceae Eriogonum cernuum Nutt.
Nodding Buckwheat
Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Kidney Aid
Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 19
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Eriogonum cernuum Nutt.
Scientific name: Eriogonum cernuum Nutt.
USDA symbol: ERCEC (
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Common names: Nodding Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Kidney Aid
Notes: Infusion of plant used for kidney disease.
RECRD: 85738 id: 13978