| Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Menominee Drug, Tonic Decoction of root taken as a bitter tonic. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 33, 34 |
| Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Meskwaki Drug, Analgesic Poultice of pounded root applied for headache. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 220 |
| Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Meskwaki Drug, Panacea Compound containing root used as a universal remedy for all sicknesses. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 220 |
| Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Oglala Other, Jewelry Seeds used for beads. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 129 |
| Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Ojibwa Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of root used as a bitter medicine for stomach troubles. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 367368 |
| Echinocystis lobata (Michx.) Torr. & Gray Wild Cucumber USDA ECLO |
Ojibwa Drug, Tonic Infusion of root used as a tonic. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 367368 |
| Echinocystis sp. Wild Cucumber |
California Indian Drug, Kidney Aid Roasted seeds eaten for kidney troubles. Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 41 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Poultice of soaked seeds used for boils. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Cherokee Food, Unspecified Species used for food. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Cherokee Other, Ceremonial Items Fruit used to make ceremonial rattles. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Cherokee Other, Cooking Tools Fruit used to make dippers. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 37 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Cocopa Other, Musical Instrument Fruit made into a rattle and used to provide rhythm for singing and dancing. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 115 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Dakota Other, Ceremonial Items Gourds made into rattles and used for ritualistic music. A handle was attached to the gourd and its contents were removed and replaced with small gravel or seeds from another plant. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 117 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Havasupai Other, Containers Rinds made into containers used for carrying water on foot or on horseback trips away from home. 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 244 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Havasupai Other, Musical Instrument Rinds used to make rattles. 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 244 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Hopi Other, Ceremonial Items Covered with a cord net to be used as water containers in ceremonies and buried with the dead. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Hopi Other, Ceremonial Items Used as prayer sticks. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Hopi Other, Containers Used as containers for sacred honey, cups, seed bottles and medicine holders. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Hopi Other, Cooking Tools Used as dippers, canteens and spoons. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Hopi Other, Decorations Used to make noses, horns and flowers for masks. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Hopi Other, Hunting & Fishing Item Used in hunting to imitate the sound of a deer. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Hopi Other, Musical Instrument Used as rattles. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Hopi Other, Musical Instrument Used as trumpets or megaphones to represent the bellowing of the plumed serpent in ceremonies. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Hopi Other, Tools Used as pottery scrapers. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Houma Drug, Analgesic Poultice of crushed leaves applied to the forehead for headaches. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 62 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Houma Other, Cooking Tools Used for water dippers, cups and bowls. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 62 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Houma Other, Musical Instrument Used for drums and rattles. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 62 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Iroquois Other, Ceremonial Items Fruit made into rattles used by the Medicine Societies. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Keres, Western Other, Cooking Tools Gourds made into dippers. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 51 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Keres, Western Other, Toys & Games Gourds made into rattles. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 51 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Keresan Other, Cooking Tools Used to make dippers. 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 561 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Keresan Other, Toys & Games Used to make rattles. 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 561 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Mohave Other, Musical Instrument Fruit made into a rattle and used to provide rhythm for singing and dancing. Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 115 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Navajo Other, Ceremonial Items Used to make rattles for various ceremonies. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 79 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Navajo Other, Containers Used to make cups for preparing medicines. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 79 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Navajo Other, Cooking Tools Used to make dippers. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 79 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Navajo, Ramah Other, Ceremonial Items Used to make chant rattles. 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 47 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Navajo, Ramah Other, Containers Used to make water dippers. 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 47 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Navajo, Ramah Other, Tools Used to make pottery scrapers. 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 47 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Ojibwa Food, Vegetable Gourds eaten young, before the rind had hardened. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 400 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Ojibwa Other, Ceremonial Items Gourds used to make rattles for the medicine lodge. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 400 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Ojibwa Other, Cooking Tools Gourds used to make drinking and dipping cups. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 400 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Omaha Other, Ceremonial Items Gourds made into rattles and used for ritualistic music. A handle was attached to the gourd and its contents were removed and replaced with small gravel or seeds from another plant. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 117 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Papago Other, Cooking Tools Used for a drinking and eating vessel. Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 17 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Papago Other, Musical Instrument Fruits dried, freed of seeds and pulp and used as rattles. Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 68 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Pima Other, Ceremonial Items Gourds dried, filled with gravel and used in ceremonial songs. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 72 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Ponca Other, Ceremonial Items Gourds made into rattles and used for ritualistic music. A handle was attached to the gourd and its contents were removed and replaced with small gravel or seeds from another plant. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 117 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Seminole Drug, Analgesic Seeds used for adult's sickness caused by adultery: headache, body pains and crossed fingers. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 256 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Seminole Drug, Psychological Aid Seeds burned to smoke the body for insanity. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 293 |
| Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Bottle Gourd USDA LASI |
Seminole Other, Cooking Tools Plant used to make dippers, dishes and water bottles. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 484 |