Solanaceae Capsicum annuum var. annuum

Cayenne Pepper

Navajo, Ramah - Drug, Gynecological Aid

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 42

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Scientific name: Capsicum annuum var. annuum
USDA symbol: CAANA4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Cayenne Pepper
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Gynecological Aid
Notes: Powdered chili pepper rubbed on breast to wean nursing child.

RECRD: 83366 id: 7989

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