Liliaceae Allium cernuum Roth

Nodding Onion

Isleta - Drug, Throat Aid

Use documented by:
Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 20

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Scientific name: Allium cernuum Roth
USDA symbol: ALCEC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Nodding Onion
Family: Liliaceae
Family (APG): Nartheciaceae
Native American Tribe: Isleta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Throat Aid
Notes: Poultice of warm onions applied externally to throat for sore throat.

RECRD: 30570 id: 2127

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