Viscaceae Arceuthobium campylopodum Engelm.
Western Dwarf Mistletoe
Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
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 23
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Arceuthobium campylopodum Engelm.
Scientific name: Arceuthobium campylopodum Engelm.
USDA symbol: ARCA3 (
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Common names: Western Dwarf Mistletoe
Family: Viscaceae
Family (APG): Santalaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Cold infusion used internally and externally as ceremonial medicine.
RECRD: 81707 id: 4248