Cucurbitaceae Cucurbita pepo L.

Field Pumpkin

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 47

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Scientific name: Cucurbita pepo L.
USDA symbol: CUPEP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Field Pumpkin
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Family (APG): Cucurbitaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Winter Use Food
Notes: Pumpkin peeled, cut into strips, sun dried and stored in cellars or ground holes for winter use.

RECRD: 10611 id: 11729

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