Chenopodiaceae Atriplex sp.
Four Winged Salt Bush
Yokut - Drug, Cathartic
Use documented by:
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 437
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Atriplex sp.
Scientific name: Atriplex sp.
Common names: Four Winged Salt Bush
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Family (APG): Amaranthaceae
Native American Tribe: Yokut
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Infusion of leaves used as a cathartic.
RECRD: 6836 id: 6734