Phaseolus angustissimus

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Phaseolus angustissimus
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P. angustissimus
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Phaseolus angustissimus
A. Gray

Phaseolus angustissimus (common name slimleaf bean) is a plant from the American Southwest.

Uses

The Zuni people rub the crushed leaves, blossoms and powdered root on a child's body as a strengthener.[1]

References

  1. ^ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 85)