| Cyperus laevigatus L. Smooth Flatsedge USDA CYLA2 |
Hawaiian Drug, Dermatological Aid Stalks crushed into fine particles and used for deep cuts, boils, skin ulcers & other skin diseases. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 9 |
| Cyperus laevigatus L. Smooth Flatsedge USDA CYLA2 |
Hawaiian Drug, Strengthener Flower and stalk ashes and kukui nut juice mixed and rubbed on the tongue for general debility. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 9 |
| Cyperus laevigatus L. Smooth Flatsedge USDA CYLA2 |
Hawaiian Drug, Venereal Aid Stalks crushed into fine particles, mixed with water and clay and taken for penis burning disease. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 9 |
| Cyperus laevigatus L. Smooth Flatsedge USDA CYLA2 |
Hawaiian Fiber, Cordage Stem fibers woven into strings and ropes. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 9 |
| Cyperus laevigatus L. Smooth Flatsedge USDA CYLA2 |
Hawaiian Other, Tools Stem fibers used to remove all impurities in liquids. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 9 |
| Cyperus odoratus L. Fragrant Flatsedge USDA CYOD |
Cocopa Food, Unspecified Seeds used for food. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 192 |
| Cyperus odoratus L. Fragrant Flatsedge USDA CYOD |
Mohave Food, Unspecified Seeds used for food. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 192 |
| Cyperus odoratus L. Fragrant Flatsedge USDA CYOD |
Pima Food, Unspecified Tubers eaten. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 99 |
| Cyperus rotundus L. Nutgrass USDA CYRO |
Paiute Food, Porridge Tubers made into meal and cooked as cereal. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 16 |
| Cyperus rotundus L. Nutgrass USDA CYRO |
Paiute Food, Unspecified Raw tubers used for food. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 16 |
| Cyperus schweinitzii Torr. Schweinitz's Flatsedge USDA CYSC3 |
Kiowa Food, Fodder Considered an excellent fodder for fattening horses. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 17 |
| Cyperus sp. Kaa |
Hawaiian Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Buds, leaves, roots and other plants pounded and resulting liquid used as a bath for body aches. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 45 |
| Cyperus sp. Kaa |
Pima, Gila River Food, Snack Food Tubers eaten as snack food primarily by children. Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 5 |
| Cyperus sp. Kaa |
Pima, Gila River Food, Unspecified Roots boiled and eaten. Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 7 |
| Cyperus sp. Kaa |
Tanana, Upper Drug, Cold Remedy Infusion of underground stems taken for colds. Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 9 |
| Cyperus sp. Kaa |
Yavapai Drug, Cold Remedy Decoction of dried, pulverized root taken for colds. Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 261 |
| Cyperus sp. Kaa |
Yavapai Drug, Dermatological Aid Dried, pulverized root dusted on sores. Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 261 |
| Cyperus sp. Kaa |
Yavapai Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Decoction of dried, pulverized root taken for stomachaches. Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 261 |
| Cyperus squarrosus L. Bearded Flatsedge USDA CYSQ |
Acoma Food, Unspecified Small, tuberous roots eaten as 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 25 |
| Cyperus squarrosus L. Bearded Flatsedge USDA CYSQ |
Keres, Western Food, Vegetable Tubers eaten. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 41 |
| Cyperus squarrosus L. Bearded Flatsedge USDA CYSQ |
Laguna Food, Unspecified Small, tuberous roots eaten as 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 25 |
| Eleocharis equisetoides (Ell.) Torr. Jointed Spikesedge USDA ELEQ |
Seminole Other, Jewelry Plant used to make beads. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 498 |
| Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes Canada Spikesedge USDA ELGE |
Seminole Drug, Analgesic Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for rainbow sickness: fever, stiff neck and backache. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 210 |
| Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes Canada Spikesedge USDA ELGE |
Seminole Drug, Analgesic Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for thunder sickness: fever, dizziness, headache & diarrhea. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 213 |
| Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes Canada Spikesedge USDA ELGE |
Seminole Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for thunder sickness: fever, dizziness, headache & diarrhea. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 213 |
| Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes Canada Spikesedge USDA ELGE |
Seminole Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Plant used for fire sickness: fever and body aches. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 203 |
| Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes Canada Spikesedge USDA ELGE |
Seminole Drug, Emetic Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for rainbow sickness: fever, stiff neck and backache. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 210 |
| Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes Canada Spikesedge USDA ELGE |
Seminole Drug, Emetic Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for thunder sickness: fever, dizziness, headache & diarrhea. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 213 |
| Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes Canada Spikesedge USDA ELGE |
Seminole Drug, Febrifuge Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for rainbow sickness: fever, stiff neck and backache. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 210 |
| Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes Canada Spikesedge USDA ELGE |
Seminole Drug, Febrifuge Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for thunder sickness: fever, dizziness, headache & diarrhea. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 213 |
| Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes Canada Spikesedge USDA ELGE |
Seminole Drug, Febrifuge Plant used for fire sickness: fever and body aches. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 203 |
| Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes Canada Spikesedge USDA ELGE |
Seminole Drug, Unspecified Plant used for medicinal purposes. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 162 |
| Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes Canada Spikesedge USDA ELGE |
Seminole Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of plant taken for urine retention. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 274 |
| Eleocharis geniculata (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes Canada Spikesedge USDA ELGE |
Seminole Drug, Vertigo Medicine Infusion of leaves taken as an emetic for thunder sickness: fever, dizziness, headache & diarrhea. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 213 |
| Eleocharis montevidensis Kunth Sand Spikerush USDA ELMO2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used as a ceremonial emetic. 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 19 |
| Eleocharis montevidensis Kunth Sand Spikerush USDA ELMO2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic Plant used as a ceremonial emetic. 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 19 |
| Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes Common Spikerush USDA ELPA3 |
Okanagan-Colville Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Used as bedding, for pillows and for sitting on in the sweathouse. 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 36 |
| Eleocharis palustris (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes Common Spikerush USDA ELPA3 |
Paiute, Northern Food, Unspecified Sap eaten. Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 49 |
| Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr. Beaked Spikerush USDA ELRO2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used as a ceremonial emetic. 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 19 |
| Eleocharis rostellata (Torr.) Torr. Beaked Spikerush USDA ELRO2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic Plant used as a ceremonial emetic. 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 19 |
| Eleocharis sp. Spike Rush |
Cheyenne Fiber, Basketry Rushes made into large baskets and used to hold small utensils or carry loads on the back. Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 170 |
| Eleocharis sp. Spike Rush |
Cheyenne Fiber, Other Used in weaving. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46 |
| Eleocharis sp. Spike Rush |
Cheyenne Other, Cooking Tools Rushes made into small baskets and used as dishes to serve food. Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 170 |
| Eleocharis sp. Spike Rush |
Cheyenne Other, Protection Rushes fastened to the head of a baby's board to form a shade for the face. Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 170 |
| Eleocharis sp. Spike Rush |
Cheyenne Other, Toys & Games Rushes made into small baskets and used as children's playthings. Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 170 |
| Eleocharis sp. Spike Rush |
Paiute Food, Unspecified Bulbs used for food. Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 245 |
| Eriophorum angustifolium Honckeny Tall Cottongrass USDA ERANS |
Alaska Native Food, Unspecified 'Mouse nuts' found in mice caches, cooked and eaten with seal oil. Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 131 |
| Eriophorum angustifolium Honckeny Tall Cottongrass USDA ERANS |
Alaska Native Food, Unspecified Stem bases eaten raw with seal oil. Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 131 |
| Eriophorum angustifolium Honckeny Tall Cottongrass USDA ERANS |
Eskimo, Alaska Fiber, Mats, Rugs & Bedding Dried leaves and stems woven into soft mats or covers for coarse grass mattresses. Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 34 |
| Eriophorum angustifolium Honckeny Tall Cottongrass USDA ERANS |
Eskimo, Inupiat Food, Unspecified Roots eaten raw or boiled. Jones, Anore, 1983, Nauriat Niginaqtuat = Plants That We Eat, Kotzebue, Alaska. Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program, page 119 |