Loasaceae Mentzelia multiflora (Nutt.) Gray

Manyflowered Mentzelia

Keres, Western - Drug, Psychological Aid

Use documented by:
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 54

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Scientific name: Mentzelia multiflora (Nutt.) Gray
USDA symbol: MEMUM2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Manyflowered Mentzelia
Family: Loasaceae
Family (APG): Loasaceae
Native American Tribe: Keres, Western
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Psychological Aid
Notes: Plants used to make infants good horseback riders. Plants used to whip three or four month old infants, or ground leaves rubbed on their thighs so that they will become good horseback riders when they grow up.

RECRD: 30295 id: 22909

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