Nyctaginaceae Tripterocalyx carnea var. wootonii (Standl.) L.A. Gal.

Wooton's Sandpuffs

Zuni - Drug, Witchcraft Medicine

Use documented by:
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 377

View all documented uses for Tripterocalyx carnea var. wootonii (Standl.) L.A. Gal.

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Scientific name: Tripterocalyx carnea var. wootonii (Standl.) L.A. Gal.
USDA symbol: TRCAW (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wooton's Sandpuffs
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Family (APG): Nyctaginaceae
Native American Tribe: Zuni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Witchcraft Medicine
Notes: Poultice of powdered seeds and water applied to swellings caused by being witched by a bullsnake.

RECRD: 21277 id: 40781

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