Caprifoliaceae Lonicera involucrata Banks ex Spreng.
Twinberry Honeysuckle
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Emetic
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 45
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Lonicera involucrata Banks ex Spreng.
Scientific name: Lonicera involucrata Banks ex Spreng.
USDA symbol: LOINI (
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Common names: Twinberry Honeysuckle
Family: Caprifoliaceae
Family (APG): Caprifoliaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Leaves used as a ceremonial emetic.
RECRD: 89141 id: 21188