Fabaceae Prosopis pubescens Benth.

Screwbean Mesquite

Apache, Western - Drug, Ear Medicine

Use documented by:
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 178

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Scientific name: Prosopis pubescens Benth.
USDA symbol: PRPU (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Screwbean Mesquite
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Western
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ear Medicine
Notes: Bean placed in ear for earache.

RECRD: 40750 id: 30055

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