Cucurbitaceae Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth

Missouri Gourd

Keres, Western - Other, Toys & Games

Use documented by:
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 40

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Scientific name: Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth
USDA symbol: CUFO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Missouri Gourd
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Family (APG): Cucurbitaceae
Native American Tribe: Keres, Western
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Toys & Games
Notes: Ripe gourds used as children's rattles.

RECRD: 30144 id: 11609

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