Elaeagnaceae Shepherdia rotundifolia Parry
Roundleaf Buffaloberry
Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Emetic
Use documented by:
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 32
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Shepherdia rotundifolia Parry
Scientific name: Shepherdia rotundifolia Parry
USDA symbol: SHRO (
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Common names: Roundleaf Buffaloberry
Family: Elaeagnaceae
Family (APG): Elaeagnaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Emetic
Notes: Plant used as a Plumeway emetic.
RECRD: 95166 id: 37937