Nyctaginaceae Allionia incarnata L.

Trailing Windmills

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Dermatological Aid

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 26

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Scientific name: Allionia incarnata L.
USDA symbol: ALINI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Trailing Windmills
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Family (APG): Nyctaginaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Cold infusion of root used as a lotion for swellings.

RECRD: 80802 id: 2021