Cucurbitaceae Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
Navajo, Ramah - Food, Winter Use Food
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 46
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Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Scientific name: Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
USDA symbol: CUMA3 (
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Common names: Winter Squash
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Family (APG): Cucurbitaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Winter Use Food
Notes: Squash peeled, cut into strips, sun dried and stored in cellars or ground holes for winter use.
RECRD: 10606 id: 11651