Solanaceae Lycium torreyi Gray

Squawthorn

Navajo, Ramah - Other, Ceremonial Items

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 42

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Scientific name: Lycium torreyi Gray
USDA symbol: LYTO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Squawthorn
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Stem used to make Evilway big hoop.

RECRD: 10589 id: 21472

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