| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Blood Medicine Compound infusion taken for 'for blood.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Root bark astringent and compound infusion taken for diarrhea. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Root bark used for unspecified poultices and poultice of bark ooze applied to 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 32 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid Root bark used for wounds. Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 74 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Diaphoretic Infusion of flower taken 'to sweat off flu.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Disinfectant Root bark used as an antiseptic and astringent. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Febrifuge Root bark used as a febrifuge. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid Infusion of flower taken for colic. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Gynecological Aid Infusion of bark used by women for backache. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Compound infusion of bark and root used for childhood diseases like worms and measles. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Infusion of flower taken 'to sweat off flu.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Compound infusion of bark and root used for childhood diseases like worms and measles. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Infusion of bark used as a bath and given to children with worms. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 46 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Poultice Root bark used in poultices. Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 74 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Stimulant Root bark used as a stimulant. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Throat Aid Decoction of inner bark taken to loosen phlegm for hoarseness. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 46 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Throat Aid Infusion of inner bark taken for 'lost voice.' Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Drug, Tonic Root bark used as a 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 32 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Other, Decorations Wood used to carve. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Cherokee Other, Tools Wood used to make loom shuttles. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 32 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Delaware Drug, Tonic Roots used as a tonic. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 31 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Tonic Compound containing root used as a tonic. Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, page 26, 74 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Houma Drug, Febrifuge Decoction of root or bark scrapings taken for fever. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 55 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Houma Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy Decoction of root or bark scrapings taken for malaria. Speck, Frank G., 1941, A List of Plant Curatives Obtained From the Houma Indians of Louisiana, Primitive Man 14:49-75, page 55 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Iroquois Drug, Blood Medicine Compound decoction of stems and roots taken for blood chills. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 402 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Rappahannock Drug, Antidiarrheal Infusion of root bark taken for diarrhea. 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 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Rappahannock Drug, Blood Medicine Decoction of dried bark from roots used to purify the blood. 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 |
| Cornus florida L. Flowering Dogwood USDA COFL2 |
Rappahannock Drug, Tonic Decoction of dried bark from roots used as a tonic. 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 |
| Cornus nuttallii Audubon ex Torr. & Gray Pacific Dogwood USDA CONU4 |
Thompson Drug, Psychological Aid Strained decoction of flower heads used to wash the skin for 'seven year itch.' 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 204 |
| Cosmos sp. Jilla Flower |
Navajo Drug, Burn Dressing Plant used for burns. Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 150 |
| Crepis occidentalis Nutt. Largeflower Hawksbeard USDA CROCO2 |
Paiute Food, Unspecified Leaves eaten raw. Kelly, Isabel T., 1932, Ethnography of the Surprise Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31(3):67-210, page 103 |
| Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Missouri Gourd USDA CUFO |
Zuni Drug, Antirheumatic (External) Poultice of powdered seeds, flowers and saliva applied to swellings. Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 375 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Havasupai Food, Soup Flowers and amaranth leaves boiled, ground and fresh or dried corn and water added to make soup. 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 74 |
| Cucurbita moschata (Duchesne ex Lam.) Duchesne ex Poir. Crookneck Squash USDA CUMO |
Hopi Food, Special Food Flowers used to make special foods. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93 |
| Cycloloma cornutum |
Hopi Food, Unspecified Seeds and flowers used 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 22 |
| Cynoglossum officinale L. Gypsyflower USDA CYOF |
Iroquois Drug, Antihemorrhagic Compound infusion of plants taken for consumption with hemorrhage. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 420 |
| Cynoglossum officinale L. Gypsyflower USDA CYOF |
Iroquois Drug, Cancer Treatment Decoction of plant used as a wash and applied as poultice to leg cancer. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 421 |
| Cynoglossum officinale L. Gypsyflower USDA CYOF |
Iroquois Drug, Dermatological Aid Compound infusion used as wash and applied as poultice to running sores. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 421 |
| Cynoglossum officinale L. Gypsyflower USDA CYOF |
Iroquois Drug, Kidney Aid Compound infusion used as wash and applied as poultice for dropsy. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 421 |
| Cynoglossum officinale L. Gypsyflower USDA CYOF |
Iroquois Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy Compound infusion of plants taken for consumption with hemorrhage. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 420 |
| Cynoglossum officinale L. Gypsyflower USDA CYOF |
Iroquois Drug, Venereal Aid Decoction of roots taken and used as a wash for internal venereal disease. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 421 |
| Cyperus fendlerianus Boeckl. Fendler's Flatsedge USDA CYFE2 |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Fodder Flowers salted and fed to horses. Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 47 |
| 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 |
| Dahlia pinnata Cav. Pinnate Dahlia USDA DAPI3 |
Navajo Dye, Orange-Yellow Roots and flowers used as a yellow-orange dye. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 85 |
| Dalea lasiathera Gray Purple Prairieclover USDA DALA4 |
Zuni Food, Spice Flowers crushed by hand and sprinkled into meat stew as a flavoring after cooking. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 69 |
| Dasiphora floribunda (Pursh) Kartesz Shrubby Cinquefoil USDA DAFL3 |
Jemez Other, Ceremonial Items Yellow flowers used for the summer dances. Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 22 |
| Dasylirion wheeleri S. Wats. Common Sotol USDA DAWH2 |
Papago Food, Vegetable Crowns with leaves removed and central flowering stalks eaten as greens in May. 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 14 |
| Dasylirion wheeleri S. Wats. Common Sotol USDA DAWH2 |
Papago Food, Vegetable Flower stalks eaten as greens. 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 16 |
| Dasylirion wheeleri S. Wats. Common Sotol USDA DAWH2 |
Papago Food, Vegetable Flower stalks roasted in ashes and eaten as greens. 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 46 |
| Datura discolor Bernh. Desert Thornapple USDA DADI2 |
Pima Drug, Ear Medicine Poultice of heated flowers applied to ears for earaches. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 85 |