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Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Costanoan Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy
Smashed fruit applied as a salve for hemorrhoids.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 23
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Costanoan Drug, Poison
Fruit used as a fish poison.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 23
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Costanoan Drug, Toothache Remedy
Decoction of bark used for toothaches and loose teeth.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 23
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Costanoan Food, Fruit
Fruit used for food.
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 252
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Kawaiisu Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy
Broken seeds used as suppositories for piles.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 10
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Kawaiisu Drug, Poison
Raw seeds considered poisonous if eaten.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 10
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Kawaiisu Food, Bread & Cake
Seeds pounded, leached, boiled into a mush, made into a cake and eaten with meat.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 10
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Kawaiisu Other, Cooking Tools
Wood sections hollowed out by burning and carved into bowls.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 10
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Mendocino Indian Drug, Poison
Fresh fruit considered poisonous.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 366
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Mendocino Indian Drug, Toothache Remedy
Bark placed in cavity of tooth for toothaches.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 366
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Mendocino Indian Drug, Veterinary Aid
Fruit given to horses for bot worms and apt to cause an abortion in cows.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 366
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Mendocino Indian Food, Forage
Fruits eaten by squirrels as forage.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 366
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Mendocino Indian Food, Fruit
Fruits roasted and eaten cold without salt.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 366
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Mendocino Indian Other, Tools
Wood used as twirling sticks for making fire by friction.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 366
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Miwok Food, Soup
Roasted, peeled nuts ground into a meal and used to make soup.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 148
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Miwok Food, Winter Use Food
Nuts stored for long periods and resorted to only when the acorn crop failed.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 148
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Modesse Food, Starvation Food
Nuts eaten in times of need.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 223
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Pomo Drug, Poison
Nuts used as poison.
Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 14
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Pomo, Kashaya Food, Unspecified
Boiled nuts eaten with baked kelp, meat and seafood. Nuts were put into boiling water to loosen the husk. After the husk was removed, the nut meat was returned to boiling water and cooked until it was soft like cooked potatoes. The nut meat was then mashed with a mortar stone. The grounds could be strained at this stage or strained after soaking. The grounds would be soaked and leached a long time to remove the poisonous tannin. An older method was to peel the nuts and roast them in ashes until they were soft. They were then crushed and the meal was put in a sandy leaching basin beside a stream. For about five hours, the meal was leached with water from the stream. When the bitterness disappeared it was ready to eat without further cooking.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 27
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Pomo, Kashaya Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Ground nuts sprinkled into pools to kill fish, a fishing method.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 27
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Pomo, Kashaya Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Wood used to make bows.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 27
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Pomo, Kashaya Other, Tools
Wood used to make a drill stick and block for making fires.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 27
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Tubatulabal Food, Unspecified
Nuts used for food.
Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 15
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Yana Food, Staple
Nuts ground into a fine meal and eaten.
Sapir, Edward and Leslie Spier, 1943, Notes on the Culture of the Yana, Anthropological Records 3(3):252-253, page 251
Aesculus californica (Spach) Nutt.
California Buckeye
USDA AECA
Yuki Food, Unspecified
Nut meats mashed and used for food.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 85