Elaeagnaceae Shepherdia rotundifolia Parry

Roundleaf Buffaloberry

Navajo, Kayenta - Drug, Pediatric Aid

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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Scientific name: Shepherdia rotundifolia Parry
USDA symbol: SHRO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Roundleaf Buffaloberry
Family: Elaeagnaceae
Family (APG): Elaeagnaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Kayenta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Pediatric Aid
Notes: Ash used as lotion to heal navels.

RECRD: 95167 id: 37938

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