Fabaceae Astragalus kentrophyta var. elatus S. Wats.

Tall Spiny Milkvetch

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 32

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Scientific name: Astragalus kentrophyta var. elatus S. Wats.
USDA symbol: ASKEE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Tall Spiny Milkvetch
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Cold infusion of whole plant used as a ceremonial chant lotion.

RECRD: 82849 id: 6502

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