| Cucumis melo L. Cantaloupe USDA CUME |
Sia Food, Unspecified Cultivated cantaloupes used for food. White, Leslie A., 1962, The Pueblo of Sia, New Mexico, XXX SI-BAE Bulletin #, page 106 |
| Cucumis melo L. Cantaloupe USDA CUME |
Thompson Food, Fruit Fruit used for food. Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 206 |
| Cucumis sativus L. Garden Cucumber USDA CUSA4 |
Iroquois Food, Bread & Cake Fresh or dried flesh boiled, mashed and mixed into the paste when making corn bread. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Cucumis sativus L. Garden Cucumber USDA CUSA4 |
Iroquois Food, Dried Food Flesh cut into strips, dried and stored away. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Cucumis sativus L. Garden Cucumber USDA CUSA4 |
Iroquois Food, Special Food Squash eaten at feasts of ceremonial importance and longhouse ceremonies. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Cucumis sativus L. Garden Cucumber USDA CUSA4 |
Iroquois Food, Vegetable Flesh boiled, baked in ashes or boiled, mashed with butter and sugar and eaten. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Cucumis sativus L. Garden Cucumber USDA CUSA4 |
Iroquois Food, Vegetable Flesh fried and sweetened or seasoned with salt, pepper and butter. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Cucumis sativus L. Garden Cucumber USDA CUSA4 |
Iroquois Food, Vegetable Fruit preserved in brine made with salt and sheep sorrel. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Cucumis sativus L. Garden Cucumber USDA CUSA4 |
Ojibwa Food, Vegetable Cucumbers eaten raw and sometimes flavored with maple sap vinegar and powdered maple sugar. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 399 |
| Cucumis sativus L. Garden Cucumber USDA CUSA4 |
Seminole Food, Unspecified Plant used for food. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 478 |
| Cucumis sp. Muskmelon |
Cocopa Food, Bread & Cake Stored flesh washed in water, pounded, made into cakes and sun dried. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
| Cucumis sp. Muskmelon |
Cocopa Food, Dried Food Flesh sun dried and stored in pottery jars for later use. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
| Cucumis sp. Muskmelon |
Cocopa Food, Fruit Fresh flesh used for food. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
| Cucumis sp. Muskmelon |
Cocopa Food, Unspecified Seeds boiled with dried pumpkin, mashed and eaten or whole seeds eaten without husking. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
| Cucumis sp. Muskmelon |
Kamia Food, Unspecified Species used for food. Gifford, E. W., 1931, The Kamia of Imperial Valley, Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, page 21 |
| Cucumis sp. Muskmelon |
Thompson Food, Unspecified Seeds eaten in quantities, especially by children. Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 492 |
| Cucurbita digitata Gray Fingerleaf Gourd USDA CUDI |
Pima, Gila River Food, Snack Food Seeds roasted and eaten as a snack food. Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 7 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Apache, Western Drug, Veterinary Aid Poultice of mashed stems, leaves and roots soaked in hot water & applied to sores on horses' backs. Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 192 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Apache, White Mountain Other, Ceremonial Items Leaves ground and used as 'green paint' in making sand paintings. Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Cahuilla Drug, Cathartic Decoction of dried roots used as a physic. 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 57 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Cahuilla Drug, Dermatological Aid Ground fruit shell used as a hair shampoo. 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 57 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Cahuilla Drug, Dermatological Aid Macerated roots applied to ulcers. 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 57 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Cahuilla Drug, Dermatological Aid Pulp used for open sores. 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 57 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Cahuilla Drug, Emetic Decoction of dried roots used as an emetic. 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 57 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Cahuilla Drug, Other Dried gourds used to make ladles, syringes for feminine hygiene and rattles. 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 57 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Cahuilla Drug, Veterinary Aid Poultice of crushed pulp applied to saddle sores on horses. 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 57 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Cahuilla Dye, Unspecified Yellow blossoms used as a dye. 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 57 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Cahuilla Food, Porridge Seeds ground into a flour and used to make mush. 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 57 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Cahuilla Other, Ceremonial Items Dried gourds used to make rattles. 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 57 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Cahuilla Other, Cooking Tools Dried gourds used to make ladles. 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 57 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Cahuilla Other, Soap Root and pepo (fruit) useful as a soap and bleach. 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 57 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Coahuilla Drug, Veterinary Aid Poultice of crushed root and sugar applied to saddle sores on horses. Barrows, David Prescott, 1967, The Ethno-Botany of the Coahuilla Indians of Southern California, Banning CA. Malki Museum Press. Originally Published 1900, page 80 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Dakota Drug, Panacea Root used for any ailment, according to the doctrine of signatures. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 116117 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Diegueno Other, Soap Mashed pulp and seeds boiled in with the wash to whiten the clothes. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 17 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Havasupai Other, Toys & Games Fruits used by girls for juggling. Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 243 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Havasupai Other, Toys & Games Roots made into a wooden ball and used in playing the 'four hills' game. Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 243 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Isleta Drug, Pulmonary Aid Decoction of roots used for chest pains. Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 27 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Isleta Food, Fruit Fruit formerly used for food. Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 27 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Kawaiisu Other, Soap Gourds used as soap when washing clothes. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 22 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Keres, Western Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of crushed roots applied to boils or other sores. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 40 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Keres, Western Other, Ceremonial Items Ripe gourds used as rattles in dances. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 40 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Keres, Western Other, Toys & Games Ripe gourds used as children's rattles. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 40 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Kiowa Drug, Emetic Decoction of peeled roots taken as an emetic. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 53 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Kiowa Other, Soap Fruit used to cleanse hides and clothes by rubbing the dried fruit into the stains before washing. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 53 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Kiowa Other, Soap Fruit used to cleanse hides and clothes by rubbing the dried fruit into the stains before washing. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 53 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Luiseno Food, Unspecified Seeds used for food. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 229 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Luiseno Other, Soap Fruit used as soap to clean miscellaneous articles. Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 210 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Mahuna Other, Soap Gourds used for washing buckskin cloths and blankets. Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 39 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Mahuna Other, Soap Roots used as soap bars for washing clothes. Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 39 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Omaha Drug, Analgesic Pulverized root mixed with water and taken for pains. Fletcher, Alice C. and Francis La Flesche, 1911, The Omaha Tribe, SI-BAE Annual Report #27, page 584 |