Cleome serrulata

Other Names : Rocky Mountain beeplant/beeweed, stinking-clover, bee spider-flower, skunk weed, Navajo spinach and guaco

Health Benefits and Uses of Cleome serrulata

• In traditional Native American and frontier medicine, an infusion of the plant is used to treat stomach troubles and fevers, and poultices made from it can be used on the eyes.
• Young leaves were an important food source to Pueblo Indians.
• Dried leaves were used as a deodorant, and a poultice made to heal wounds, sore eyes, and stomach disorders.