Cactaceae Opuntia whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow
Whipple Cholla
Hopi - Drug, Antidiarrheal
Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 34, 86
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Opuntia whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow
Scientific name: Opuntia whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow
USDA symbol: OPWH (
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Common names: Whipple Cholla
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antidiarrheal
Notes: Root chewed or compound decoction taken for diarrhea.
RECRD: 90502 id: 24875