Cucurbitaceae Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.

Bottle Gourd

Navajo, Ramah - Other, Containers

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: Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.
USDA symbol: LASI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Bottle Gourd
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Family (APG): Cucurbitaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Containers
Notes: Used to make water dippers.

RECRD: 10613 id: 19436

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