| Xanthium orientale | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae | 
| Clade: | Tracheophytes | 
| Clade: | Angiosperms | 
| Clade: | Eudicots | 
| Clade: | Asterids | 
| Order: | Asterales | 
| Family: | Asteraceae | 
| Genus: | Xanthium | 
| Species: | X. orientale | 
| Binomial name | |
| Xanthium orientale | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| List 
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Xanthium orientale is a species of annual plant of the daisy family Asteraceae.[1]
Use by Native Americans
The Zuni people use the plant for multiple purposes. The chewed seeds are rubbed onto the body before the cactus ceremony to protect it from spines. A compound poultice of seeds is applied to wounds or used to remove splinters.[2] The seeds are also ground, mixed with cornmeal, made into cakes, and steamed for food.[3][4]
References
- 1 2 "Xanthium orientale L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe (1915). "Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians". SI-BAE Annual Report. 30: 62–63.
- ↑ Stevenson (1915), p. 71.
- ↑ Castetter, Edward F. (1935). "Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food". University of New Mexico Bulletin. 4 (1): 1–44, 54.
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