Nyctaginaceae Boerhavia erecta L.

Erect Spiderling

Hopi - Other, Insecticide

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 75

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Scientific name: Boerhavia erecta L.
USDA symbol: BOER (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Erect Spiderling
Family: Nyctaginaceae
Family (APG): Nyctaginaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Insecticide
Notes: Sticky leaves and stem hung in house to catch flies.

RECRD: 83174 id: 7393

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