| Ceanothus cuneatus (Hook.) Nutt. Buckbrush USDA CECUC3 |
Modesse Other, Tools Wood made into the slender needle used in piercing the ear lobe of young girls. Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 223 |
| Ceanothus cuneatus (Hook.) Nutt. Buckbrush USDA CECUC3 |
Paiute Other, Tools Wood used to make digging sticks. Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 244 |
| Ceanothus cuneatus (Hook.) Nutt. Buckbrush USDA CECUC3 |
Tubatulabal Other, Tools Sharpened twigs used to pierce roasted pinons. Voegelin, Ermine W., 1938, Tubatulabal Ethnography, Anthropological Records 2(1):1-84, page 17 |
| Ceanothus fendleri Gray Fendler's Ceanothus USDA CEFE |
Acoma Food, Fruit Berries sweetened with sugar and used for food. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 21 |
| Ceanothus fendleri Gray Fendler's Ceanothus USDA CEFE |
Keres, Western Drug, Oral Aid Leaves chewed for sore mouth. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 35 |
| Ceanothus fendleri Gray Fendler's Ceanothus USDA CEFE |
Keres, Western Food, Fruit Berries sweetened with sugar and used for food. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 35 |
| Ceanothus fendleri Gray Fendler's Ceanothus USDA CEFE |
Laguna Food, Fruit Berries sweetened with sugar and used for food. Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 21 |
| Ceanothus fendleri Gray Fendler's Ceanothus USDA CEFE |
Navajo Drug, Sedative Compound infusion taken and poultice of plants applied for nervousness. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 62 |
| Ceanothus fendleri Gray Fendler's Ceanothus USDA CEFE |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used as a Plumeway emetic. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 31 |
| Ceanothus fendleri Gray Fendler's Ceanothus USDA CEFE |
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Emetic Plant used as a Plumeway emetic. Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 31 |
| Ceanothus fendleri Gray Fendler's Ceanothus USDA CEFE |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Leaves and stems used as an emetic in various ceremonies. 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 36 |
| Ceanothus fendleri Gray Fendler's Ceanothus USDA CEFE |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic Leaves and stems used as an emetic in various ceremonies. 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 36 |
| Ceanothus fendleri Gray Fendler's Ceanothus USDA CEFE |
Navajo, Ramah Food, Unspecified Inner bark strips eaten in summer. 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 36 |
| Ceanothus greggii Gray Desert Ceanothus USDA CEGRG2 |
Yavapai Other, Fuel Branches used for kindling. Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 259 |
| Ceanothus griseus (Trel. ex B.L. Robins.) McMinn Carmel Ceanothus USDA CEGR2 |
Pomo, Kashaya Other, Ceremonial Items Flowers used in dance wreathes at the Strawberry Festival. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 23 |
| Ceanothus griseus (Trel. ex B.L. Robins.) McMinn Carmel Ceanothus USDA CEGR2 |
Pomo, Kashaya Other, Soap Fresh or dried flowers mixed with water and used as a soap for washing hands, face and body. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 23 |
| Ceanothus herbaceus Raf. Jersey Tea USDA CEHE |
Chippewa Drug, Cough Medicine Decoction of root taken as a cough remedy. Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 340 |
| Ceanothus herbaceus Raf. Jersey Tea USDA CEHE |
Lakota Food, Beverage Leaves used to make tea. Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 56 |
| Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn. Deerbrush USDA CEIN3 |
Concow Fiber, Basketry Young, flexible shoots used for the circular withes of baskets. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 368 |
| Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn. Deerbrush USDA CEIN3 |
Concow Food, Staple Seeds eaten as a pinole. Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 368 |
| Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn. Deerbrush USDA CEIN3 |
Karok Drug, Gynecological Aid Plant used by women who have suffered an injury in childbirth. Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 386 |
| Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn. Deerbrush USDA CEIN3 |
Karok Fiber, Basketry New shoots used to make baskets. Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 22 |
| Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn. Deerbrush USDA CEIN3 |
Karok Fiber, Basketry Young shoots used to make baskets. Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 386 |
| Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn. Deerbrush USDA CEIN3 |
Karok Food, Forage Plant eaten by deer. Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 386 |
| Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn. Deerbrush USDA CEIN3 |
Maidu Fiber, Basketry Withes used as overlay twine weft bases in the manufacture of baskets. Swartz, Jr., B. K., 1958, A Study of Material Aspects of Northeastern Maidu Basketry, Kroeber Anthropological Society Publications 19:67-84, page 71 |
| Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn. Deerbrush USDA CEIN3 |
Mewuk Fiber, Basketry Rods used in the fine, coiled baskets. Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 328 |
| Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn. Deerbrush USDA CEIN3 |
Mewuk Fiber, Basketry Rods used to make burden baskets, broad shallow scoops and deep spoon shaped scoops with handles. Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 328 |
| Ceanothus integerrimus Hook. & Arn. Deerbrush USDA CEIN3 |
Mewuk Other, Tools Rods used to make burden baskets, broad shallow scoops and deep spoon shaped scoops with handles. Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 328 |
| Ceanothus leucodermis Greene Chaparral Whitethorn USDA CELE2 |
Diegueno Drug, Dermatological Aid Blossom, leaf or berry sap used by rubbing area affected by itch, sores or impetigo. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 15 |
| Ceanothus leucodermis Greene Chaparral Whitethorn USDA CELE2 |
Diegueno Drug, Dermatological Aid Decoction of berries, whole branch with berries or leaves used as bath for itch, sores or impetigo. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 15 |
| Ceanothus leucodermis Greene Chaparral Whitethorn USDA CELE2 |
Diegueno Drug, Dermatological Aid Leaves and cascara leaves boiled and used for poison oak. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 15 |
| Ceanothus leucodermis Greene Chaparral Whitethorn USDA CELE2 |
Diegueno Drug, Dermatological Aid Leaves picked when only the leaves were out, boiled and used as a wash for itch. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 15 |
| Ceanothus leucodermis Greene Chaparral Whitethorn USDA CELE2 |
Kawaiisu Other, Soap Viscid fruits dipped into water by children and used as soap by rubbing them between the hands. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 18 |
| Ceanothus oliganthus Nutt. Explorer's Bush USDA CEOL |
Mahuna Other, Protection Trees used for protection from lightning. Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 40 |
| Ceanothus oliganthus Nutt. Explorer's Bush USDA CEOL |
Pomo Other, Tools Wood used to make the fire drill. Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 288 |
| Ceanothus sanguineus Pursh Redstem Ceanothus USDA CESA |
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Burn Dressing Poultice of dried, powdered bark applied to burns. Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 119 |
| Ceanothus sanguineus Pursh Redstem Ceanothus USDA CESA |
Okanagan-Colville Food, Forage Buds and branches considered an important food for deer. Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 119 |
| Ceanothus sanguineus Pursh Redstem Ceanothus USDA CESA |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Fuel Wood used for fuel. Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 119 |
| Ceanothus sanguineus Pursh Redstem Ceanothus USDA CESA |
Okanagan-Colville Other, Preservative Wood used to smoke deer meat. Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 119 |
| Ceanothus sanguineus Pursh Redstem Ceanothus USDA CESA |
Sanpoil Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of 'sap wood' sprinkled on grease or oil applied to sores or wounds. Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, page 217 |
| Ceanothus sp. California Lilac |
Cahuilla Other, Fuel Used for firewood. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 51 |
| Ceanothus sp. California Lilac |
California Indian Other, Soap Flowers used to make soap suds. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 57 |
| Ceanothus sp. California Lilac |
Choctaw Drug, Antihemorrhagic Decoction of roots taken for lung hemorrhages. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 40 |
| Ceanothus sp. California Lilac |
Choctaw Drug, Antihemorrhagic Decoction of roots taken in small doses for lung hemorrhage. Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 24 |
| Ceanothus sp. California Lilac |
Choctaw Drug, Pulmonary Aid Decoction of roots taken for lung hemorrhages. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 40 |
| Ceanothus sp. California Lilac |
Choctaw Drug, Pulmonary Aid Decoction of roots taken in small doses for 'hemorrhage from the lungs.' Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 24 |
| Ceanothus sp. California Lilac |
Costanoan Drug, Dermatological Aid Decoction of plant used as a wash for facial blemishes and the hair. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 22 |
| Ceanothus sp. California Lilac |
Costanoan Other, Soap Decoction used as a detergent. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 250 |
| Ceanothus sp. California Lilac |
Mewuk Other, Cooking Tools Bark used as a filter to leach the bitter out of acorn meal. Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 362 |
| Ceanothus sp. California Lilac |
Paiute Other, Smoke Plant Dried, mashed leaves mixed with tobacco. Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 89 |