Cryptantha cinerea
| Cryptantha cinerea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | (unplaced) |
| Family: | Boraginaceae |
| Genus: | Cryptantha |
| Species: | C. cinerea |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptantha cinerea (Greene) Cronquist | |
Cryptantha cinerea (common name James' catseye) is a plant found in the United States.
Uses
Among the Zuni people, the powdered root of the jamesii variety is used to relieve a sore anus.[1]
References
- ↑ Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye 1980 A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388 (p. 374)
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