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Ambrosia tenuifolia Spreng.
Slimleaf Burr Ragweed
USDA AMTE5
Papago Food, Unspecified
Roots used for food.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 60
Ambrosia tenuifolia Spreng.
Slimleaf Burr Ragweed
USDA AMTE5
Papago Food, Vegetable
Stalks eaten as greens in the summer.
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
Ambrosia trifida L.
Great Ragweed
USDA AMTRT2
Cherokee Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Used as an ingredient in green corn medicine.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52
Ambrosia trifida L.
Great Ragweed
USDA AMTRT2
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid
Crushed leaves rubbed on insect sting and infusion of leaf rubbed on hives.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52
Ambrosia trifida L.
Great Ragweed
USDA AMTRT2
Cherokee Drug, Disinfectant
Juice of wilted leaves applied to infected toes.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52
Ambrosia trifida L.
Great Ragweed
USDA AMTRT2
Cherokee Drug, Febrifuge
Infusion of leaf taken for fever.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52
Ambrosia trifida L.
Great Ragweed
USDA AMTRT2
Cherokee Drug, Pulmonary Aid
Infusion taken for pneumonia.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 52
Ambrosia trifida L.
Great Ragweed
USDA AMTRT2
Iroquois Drug, Antidiarrheal
Compound decoction of plants taken for diarrhea with bleeding.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 468
Ambrosia trifida L.
Great Ragweed
USDA AMTRT2
Iroquois Drug, Blood Medicine
Plant used in a blood medicine.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 468
Ambrosia trifida L.
Great Ragweed
USDA AMTRT2
Lakota Drug, Unspecified
Seeds used medicinally.
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 35
Ambrosia trifida L.
Great Ragweed
USDA AMTRT2
Meskwaki Drug, Psychological Aid
Root chewed to drive away fear at night.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 210