Cucurbitaceae Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth

Missouri Gourd

Omaha - Drug, Analgesic

Use documented by:
Fletcher, Alice C. and Francis La Flesche, 1911, The Omaha Tribe, SI-BAE Annual Report #27, page 584

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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: Omaha
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Pulverized root mixed with water and taken for pains.

RECRD: 84740 id: 11617

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