Cupressaceae Juniperus sp.

Juniper Wood

Hopi - Drug, Disinfectant

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 62, 63

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Scientific name: Juniperus sp.
Common names: Juniper Wood
Family: Cupressaceae
Family (APG): Cupressaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Disinfectant
Notes: Decoction of branch used as wash to disinfect persons after corpse burial.

RECRD: 88214 id: 19100

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