Eriogonum alatum
| Eriogonum alatum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Eriogonum |
| Species: | E. alatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Eriogonum alatum Torr. | |
Eriogonum alatum (common name winged buckwheat), is a plant.
Uses
Among the Zuni people, the root is eaten as an emetic for stomachaches.[1] An infusion of the powdered root is taken after a fall and to relieve general misery.[2]
References
- ↑ Camazine, Scott & Robert A. Bye (1980). "A study of the medical ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico". Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2 (4): 365–388. doi:10.1016/S0378-8741(80)81017-8. PMID 6893476.
- ↑ Matilda Coxe Stevenson (1915). Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 49).
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