Cryptantha cinerea
Cryptantha cinerea (common name James' catseye) is a plant found in the United States.
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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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