Solanaceae Solanum fendleri Gray ex Torr.
Fendler's Horsenettle
Navajo - Drug, Carminative
Use documented by:
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 163
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Solanum fendleri Gray ex Torr.
Scientific name: Solanum fendleri Gray ex Torr.
USDA symbol: SOFEF (
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Common names: Fendler's Horsenettle
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Carminative
Notes: Raw tubers taken for gastric distress from hyperacidity.
RECRD: 95451 id: 38286