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Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Beverage
Fresh or stored portions boiled in water and liquid consumed with or without sugar.
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 53
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Beverage
Leaves and young stems boiled to make a non-intoxicating beverage.
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 53
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Hopi Dye, Red-Brown
Flowers used as a reddish brown dye for basket making yucca fibers.
Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 15
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Hopi Dye, Red-Brown
Used to make a fine reddish-brown basketry and textile dye.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 98
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Hopi Food, Beverage
Flowers and tips of young leaves dried, boiled and used to make tea.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 98
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Hopi Food, Beverage
Flowers used to make a beverage.
Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 15
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Hopi Food, Beverage
Used to make coffee.
Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 168
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Keres, Western Drug, Pediatric Aid
Plant formerly used for children with tuberculosis.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 72
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Keres, Western Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Plant formerly used for children with tuberculosis.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 72
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Keres, Western Food, Beverage
Infusion of plant used as a beverage.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 72
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Keresan Food, Beverage
Leaves and roots boiled to make tea.
White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 563
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Navajo Drug, Stimulant
Infusion of leaves and stems taken as a 'nervous stimulant.'
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 89
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Navajo Drug, Toothache Remedy
Infusion of leaves and stems taken for the teeth.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 89
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Navajo Food, Substitution Food
Leaves and stems used as a substitute for tea.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 89
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Navajo, Ramah Dye, Orange-Yellow
Boiled roots used as an orange-yellow dye for wool.
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 53
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Navajo, Ramah Food, Beverage
Decoction of leaves and flowers, with lots of sugar, used as a tea.
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 53
Thelesperma megapotamicum (Spreng.) Kuntze
Hopi Tea Greenthread
USDA THME
Tewa Food, Beverage
Leaves steeped and the tea drunk as a beverage.
Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 61