Boraginaceae Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
Narrowleaf Gromwell
Navajo - Drug, Contraceptive
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 161
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Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
Scientific name: Lithospermum incisum Lehm.
USDA symbol: LIIN2 (
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Common names: Narrowleaf Gromwell
Family: Boraginaceae
Family (APG): Boraginaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Contraceptive
Notes: Plant used as an oral contraceptive.
RECRD: 88850 id: 20580