Dalea compacta
Dalea compacta, with the common name compact praireclover, is a plant of the Southwestern United States.
| Dalea compacta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Dalea |
| Species: | D. compacta |
| Binomial name | |
| Dalea compacta | |
Uses
The Zuni people use the root as a poultice for sores and rashes, and an infusion of it is taken for stomach ache.[2]
References
- Syst. veg. 3:327. 1826
- 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)
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