Polygonaceae Eriogonum sp.

Buckwheat

Hopi - Drug, Gynecological Aid

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 35, 73

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Scientific name: Eriogonum sp.
Common names: Buckwheat
Family: Polygonaceae
Family (APG): Polygonaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Plant used to ease menstrual difficulties and ease childbirth.

RECRD: 85809 id: 14139