Vitaceae Vitis arizonica Engelm.
Canyon Grape
Navajo - Drug, Love Medicine
Use documented by:
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 62
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Vitis arizonica Engelm.
Scientific name: Vitis arizonica Engelm.
USDA symbol: VIAR2 (
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Common names: Canyon Grape
Family: Vitaceae
Family (APG): Vitaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Love Medicine
Notes: Vine used to make a cross & put on top of the basket of cornmeal & paper bread offered in courtship.
RECRD: 2966 id: 43374