Polygonaceae Eriogonum rotundifolium Benth.
Roundleaf Buckwheat
Navajo - Drug, Throat Aid
Use documented by:
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 150
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Eriogonum rotundifolium Benth.
Scientific name: Eriogonum rotundifolium Benth.
USDA symbol: ERRO2 (
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Common names: Roundleaf Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Throat Aid
Notes: Leaves used for sore throats.
RECRD: 85806 id: 14125