Fabaceae Lotus wrightii (Gray) Greene
Wright's Deervetch
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Gastrointestinal 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 32
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Lotus wrightii (Gray) Greene
Scientific name: Lotus wrightii (Gray) Greene
USDA symbol: LOWR (
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Common names: Wright's Deervetch
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gastrointestinal Aid
Notes: Decoction of leaves used for stomachache.
RECRD: 89188 id: 21283