Cucurbitaceae Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.
Bottle Gourd
Navajo, Ramah - Other, Tools
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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Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.
Scientific name: Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.
USDA symbol: LASI (
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Common names: Bottle Gourd
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Family (APG): Cucurbitaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Tools
Notes: Used to make pottery scrapers.
RECRD: 10614 id: 19437