Aceraceae Acer glabrum Torr.
Rocky Mountain Maple
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 36
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Acer glabrum Torr.
Scientific name: Acer glabrum Torr.
USDA symbol: ACGLG2 (
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Common names: Rocky Mountain Maple
Family: Aceraceae
Family (APG): Sapindaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Panacea
Notes: Infusion of branches used for swellings, a 'life medicine.'
RECRD: 80137 id: 444