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Solanum jamesii Torr.
Wild Potato
USDA SOJA
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Vegetable
Unpeeled potatoes boiled and eaten.
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 42
Solanum jamesii Torr.
Wild Potato
USDA SOJA
Hopi Food, Cooking Agent
Small potatoes used to make yeast.
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 166
Solanum jamesii Torr.
Wild Potato
USDA SOJA
Hopi Food, Unspecified
Plant boiled and eaten.
Fewkes, J. Walter, 1896, A Contribution to Ethnobotany, American Anthropologist 9:14-21, page 19
Solanum jamesii Torr.
Wild Potato
USDA SOJA
Hopi Food, Unspecified
Tubers boiled and eaten with magnesia clay.
Nequatewa, Edmund, 1943, Some Hopi Recipes for the Preparation of Wild Plant Foods, Plateau 18:18-20, page 20
Solanum jamesii Torr.
Wild Potato
USDA SOJA
Isleta Food, Vegetable
Small tubers cooked as potatoes.
Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 43
Solanum jamesii Torr.
Wild Potato
USDA SOJA
Keres, Western Food, Vegetable
Small tubers used for food.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 70
Solanum jamesii Torr.
Wild Potato
USDA SOJA
Keresan Food, Starvation Food
Raw potatoes mixed with clay or boiled with clay and eaten only in times of extreme scarcity.
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 562
Solanum jamesii Torr.
Wild Potato
USDA SOJA
Navajo Food, Vegetable
Potatoes mixed with white clay to remove the astringent effect on the mouth and eaten like mush.
Steggerda, Morris, 1941, Navajo Foods and Their Preparation, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25, page 221
Solanum jamesii Torr.
Wild Potato
USDA SOJA
Navajo Food, Vegetable
Tubers eaten raw, boiled or baked.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 75
Solanum jamesii Torr.
Wild Potato
USDA SOJA
Navajo, Ramah Food, Vegetable
Potato boiled with clay.
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 43
Solanum jamesii Torr.
Wild Potato
USDA SOJA
Navajo, Ramah Food, Winter Use Food
Potato dug with a stick, halved, sun dried and stored in a pit for winter.
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 43
Solanum jamesii Torr.
Wild Potato
USDA SOJA
Sia Food, Vegetable
Potatoes eaten raw or cooked with clay to counteract the astringency.
White, Leslie A., 1962, The Pueblo of Sia, New Mexico, XXX SI-BAE Bulletin #, page 107
Solanum jamesii Torr.
Wild Potato
USDA SOJA
Tewa Food, Vegetable
Tubers eaten.
Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 73