Verbenaceae Aloysia wrightii Heller ex Abrams
Wright's Beebrush
Walapai - Drug, Venereal Aid
Use documented by:
Spier, Leslie, 1928, Havasupai Ethnography, Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History 29(3):101-123, 284-285, page 285
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Aloysia wrightii Heller ex Abrams
Scientific name: Aloysia wrightii Heller ex Abrams
USDA symbol: ALWR (
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Common names: Wright's Beebrush
Family: Verbenaceae
Family (APG): Verbenaceae
Native American Tribe: Walapai
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Venereal Aid
Notes: Plant used for gonorrhea.
RECRD: 60395 id: 2690