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Aesculus sp.
Buckeye
Cherokee Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Pounded roots strewed on water to 'intoxicate fishes.'
Witthoft, John, 1947, An Early Cherokee Ethnobotanical Note, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 37(3):73-75, page 75
Aesculus sp.
Buckeye
Creek Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Roots used for pulmonary consumption.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 39
Aesculus sp.
Buckeye
Creek Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Roots, a very strong medicine, used in cases of 'pulmonary consumption.'
Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 658
Aesculus sp.
Buckeye
Koasati Drug, Throat Aid
Poultice of heated beans applied to the throat for tonsil troubles.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 39
Aesculus sp.
Buckeye
Mewuk Other, Tools
Wood used to make the fire drill.
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 325
Salix bonplandiana Kunth
Red Willow
USDA SABO
Kawaiisu Other, Containers
Twigs with leaves used as 'wrappers' to hold buckeye nuts and fish.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 61
Salix exigua Nutt.
Sandbar Willow
USDA SAEX
Kawaiisu Other, Containers
Twigs with leaves used as 'wrappers' to hold buckeye nuts and fish.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 61
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
California Laurel
USDA UMCAC
Pomo, Kashaya Food, Unspecified
Roasted kernels or kernel meal cakes eaten with greens, buckeye meal, acorn meal, mush or seaweed.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 90