Malvaceae Sphaeralcea sp.

Globe Mallow

Hopi - Drug, Orthopedic Aid

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 31, 85

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Scientific name: Sphaeralcea sp.
Common names: Globe Mallow
Family: Malvaceae
Family (APG): Malvaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Orthopedic Aid
Notes: Root chewed or decoction used for broken bones, as 'there's gristle in the root.'

RECRD: 95649 id: 38685

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