Boraginaceae Heliotropium curassavicum L.
Salt Heliotrope
Paiute - Drug, Antidiarrheal
Use documented by:
Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 317
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Heliotropium curassavicum L.
Scientific name: Heliotropium curassavicum L.
USDA symbol: HECUC2 (
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Common names: Salt Heliotrope
Family: Boraginaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Paiute
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidiarrheal
Notes: Plant used as a diarrhea medicine.
RECRD: 87254 id: 16721