''Cryptantha cinerea'' (common name James' catseye) is a plant found in the United States.
Uses
Among 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 ...
, the powdered root of the ''jamesii'' variety is used to relieve a sore anus.
[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)]
References
cinerea
Flora of the United States
Plants used in traditional Native American medicine
Plants described in 1896
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