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Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Hawaiian Drug, Dermatological Aid
Fruit meat and water taken for bad skin blotches.
Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 28
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Hawaiian Drug, Gynecological Aid
Fruits and shoots or buds with other plants pounded, mixed with water and used for fallen wombs.
Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 28
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Hawaiian Drug, Laxative
Fruits mixed with water and used for internal cleaning of the bowels.
Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 28
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Hawaiian Drug, Psychological Aid
Leaves and young shoots eaten for partial insanity due to lack of sleep.
Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 28
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Hopi Food, Unspecified
Species used for food.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Iroquois Food, Bread & Cake
Fresh or dried flesh boiled, mashed and mixed into the paste when making corn bread.
Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Iroquois Food, Dried Food
Flesh cut into strips, dried and stored away.
Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Iroquois Food, Special Food
Squash eaten at feasts of ceremonial importance and longhouse ceremonies.
Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Iroquois Food, Vegetable
Flesh boiled, baked in ashes or boiled, mashed with butter and sugar and eaten.
Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Iroquois Food, Vegetable
Flesh fried and sweetened or seasoned with salt, pepper and butter.
Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Navajo, Ramah Food, Spice
Blossoms used as seasoning for soup.
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 46
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Navajo, Ramah Food, Unspecified
Squash cultivated and 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 46
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Navajo, Ramah Food, Winter Use Food
Squash peeled, cut into strips, sun dried and stored in cellars or ground holes for winter use.
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 46
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Ojibwa Drug, Diuretic
Infusion of seeds taken as a diuretic.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 367
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Ojibwa Food, Dried Food
Squash rings dried for winter use.
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 399
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Papago Food, Fruit
Fruit grown for food.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 101
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Pima Food, Fruit
Fruit grown for food.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 101
Cucurbita maxima Duchesne
Winter Squash
USDA CUMA3
Sia Food, Unspecified
Cultivated pumpkins used for food.
White, Leslie A., 1962, The Pueblo of Sia, New Mexico, XXX SI-BAE Bulletin #, page 106