Euphorbiaceae Tragia nepetifolia Cav.
Catnip Noseburn
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Panacea
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 35
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Tragia nepetifolia Cav.
Scientific name: Tragia nepetifolia Cav.
USDA symbol: TRNED (
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Common names: Catnip Noseburn
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Family (APG): Euphorbiaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Plant used as 'life medicine.'
RECRD: 96301 id: 40522