Cucurbitaceae Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth

Missouri Gourd

Omaha - Drug, Dietary Aid

Use documented by:
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 335

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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: Dietary Aid
Notes: Plant used as an appetizer.

RECRD: 84741 id: 11618

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