''Calliandra humilis'', the dwarf stickpea, is a species of
flowering plants of the genus ''
Calliandra'' in the family
.
Uses
The
Zuni people
The Zuni ( zun, A:shiwi; formerly spelled ''Zuñi'') are Native American Pueblo peoples native to the Zuni River valley. The Zuni are a Federally recognized tribe and most live in the Pueblo of Zuni on the Zuni River, a tributary of the Lit ...
use the powdered root of this plant three times a day for rashes.
[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. 376)]
References
humilis
Plants used in traditional Native American medicine
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