| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Delaware Drug, Anthelmintic Infusion of leaves used to expel pin worms. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 31 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Delaware Drug, Antiemetic Infusion of leaves used by children for vomiting. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 31 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Delaware Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of leaves used by children for vomiting. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 31 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Havasupai Food, Beverage Dried fruits pounded, stewed and the water drunk. 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 224 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Havasupai Food, Dried Food Fruit split open, pitted and sun dried for later consumption. 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 224 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Hopi Food, Dried Food Fruits split open and dried for winter use. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 79 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Hopi Food, Fruit Fruits eaten fresh. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 79 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Hopi Other, Tools Wood used to make weaving batons. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 79 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Iroquois Food, Bread & Cake Fruit mashed, made into small cakes and dried for future use. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 129 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Iroquois Food, Dried Food Raw or cooked fruit sun or fire dried and stored for future use. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 129 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Iroquois Food, Fruit Dried fruit taken as a hunting food. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 129 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Iroquois Food, Sauce & Relish Dried fruit cakes soaked in warm water and cooked as a sauce or mixed with corn bread. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 129 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Keres, Western Food, Fruit Fresh peaches eaten for food. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 63 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Keres, Western Food, Winter Use Food Peaches dried for winter use. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 63 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Keresan Food, Dried Food Fruit dried for winter use. 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 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Keresan Food, Fruit Fruit eaten fresh. 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 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Koasati Drug, Orthopedic Aid Leaves rubbed on the scratches of tired legs. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 27 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Navajo Drug, Cathartic Dried fruit used as a purgative. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 54 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Navajo Drug, Cathartic Plant used as a purgative. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 96 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Navajo Dye, Yellow Leaves used as a yellow dye. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 54 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Navajo, Ramah Food, Fruit Favorite fruit used for food. 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 31 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Rappahannock Drug, Kidney Aid Infusion of fresh or dried leaves taken for kidney trouble. Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 33 |
| Prunus persica (L.) Batsch Peach USDA PRPE3 |
Seminole Food, Unspecified Plant used for food. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 507 |
| Prunus pumila L. Sand Cherry USDA PRPUP |
Menominee Food, Fruit Berries eaten fresh. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 71 |
| Prunus pumila L. Sand Cherry USDA PRPUP |
Menominee Food, Preserves Berries sometimes gathered and preserved. Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 71 |
| Prunus pumila L. Sand Cherry USDA PRPUP |
Ojibwa Food, Dried Food Fruit used dried. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2221 |
| Prunus pumila L. Sand Cherry USDA PRPUP |
Ojibwa Food, Fruit Fruit used fresh. Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2221 |
| Prunus pumila L. Sand Cherry USDA PRPUP |
Ojibwa Food, Fruit This species was plentiful on sandy openings in the forest and the fruit gathered for food. Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 409 |
| Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Bailey) Gleason Western Sandcherry USDA PRPUB |
Dakota Food, Dried Food Fruit dried for winter use. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 88 |
| Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Bailey) Gleason Western Sandcherry USDA PRPUB |
Dakota Food, Dried Food Pitted fruit dried for winter use. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 364 |
| Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Bailey) Gleason Western Sandcherry USDA PRPUB |
Dakota Food, Fruit Pitted fruit eaten fresh. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 364 |
| Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Bailey) Gleason Western Sandcherry USDA PRPUB |
Dakota Food, Sauce & Relish Fruit used to make a sauce during the fruiting season. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 88 |
| Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Bailey) Gleason Western Sandcherry USDA PRPUB |
Lakota Food, Fruit Fruits eaten for food. 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 |
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Lakota Other, Paint Fruit used to paint the face. 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 |
| Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Bailey) Gleason Western Sandcherry USDA PRPUB |
Omaha Food, Dried Food Fruit dried for winter use. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 88 |
| Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Bailey) Gleason Western Sandcherry USDA PRPUB |
Omaha Food, Fruit Fruit eaten fresh. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 326 |
| Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Bailey) Gleason Western Sandcherry USDA PRPUB |
Omaha Food, Sauce & Relish Fruit used to make a sauce during the fruiting season. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 88 |
| Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Bailey) Gleason Western Sandcherry USDA PRPUB |
Pawnee Food, Dried Food Fruit dried for winter use. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 88 |
| Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Bailey) Gleason Western Sandcherry USDA PRPUB |
Pawnee Food, Sauce & Relish Fruit used to make a sauce during the fruiting season. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 88 |
| Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Bailey) Gleason Western Sandcherry USDA PRPUB |
Ponca Food, Dried Food Fruit dried for winter use. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 88 |
| Prunus pumila var. besseyi (Bailey) Gleason Western Sandcherry USDA PRPUB |
Ponca Food, Sauce & Relish Fruit used to make a sauce during the fruiting season. Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 88 |
| Prunus pumila var. susquehanae (hort. ex Willd.) Jaeger Sesquehana Sandcherry USDA PRPUS |
Potawatomi Food, Beverage Cherries used to improve the flavor of whisky. Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 107 |
| Prunus serotina Ehrh. Black Cherry USDA PRSES |
Cherokee Drug, Blood Medicine Compound used as a blood tonic. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28, 29 |
| Prunus serotina Ehrh. Black Cherry USDA PRSES |
Cherokee Drug, Cold Remedy Infusion of bark taken for colds. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28, 29 |
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Cherokee Drug, Cough Medicine Infusion of bark taken for coughs. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28, 29 |
| Prunus serotina Ehrh. Black Cherry USDA PRSES |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Astringent root bark used in a wash for old sores and ulcers. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28, 29 |
| Prunus serotina Ehrh. Black Cherry USDA PRSES |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Root bark used as a wash for old sores and ulcers. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28, 29 |
| Prunus serotina Ehrh. Black Cherry USDA PRSES |
Cherokee Drug, Febrifuge Decoction of bark used as a wash for chills and fevers. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 28 |
| Prunus serotina Ehrh. Black Cherry USDA PRSES |
Cherokee Drug, Febrifuge Infusion of bark taken for fevers. Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 74 |
| Prunus serotina Ehrh. Black Cherry USDA PRSES |
Cherokee Drug, Febrifuge Infusion or decoction of bark used for fevers, including the 'great chill.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 28, 29 |