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Plant Details
Fouquieria splendens
Ocotillo
Location(s):
Ethnobotany Garden
Water Use: 1-Very Low
Growth Habit: Shrub
Seasonality: Deciduous
Ethnobotanical Use: Also called Candlewood or Couchwhip; a mild expectorant foer moist coughs and soothing to dry coughs, can be made into a tincture to help treat hemorrhoids, the roots can be turned into a salve and applied to wounds to promote would healing.
