Cuscuta californica Hook. & Arn. Chaparral Dodder USDA CUCAC |
Cahuilla Fiber, Scouring Material Handfuls of plant used as scouring pads for cleaning. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 59 |
Cuscuta californica Hook. & Arn. Chaparral Dodder USDA CUCAC |
Diegueno Drug, Antidote Infusion of plant, picked from buckwheat plants, taken for black widow spider bites. Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 17 |
Cuscuta californica Hook. & Arn. Chaparral Dodder USDA CUCAC |
Kawaiisu Drug, Hemostat Chewed stem juice or powdered plant snuffed up the nose for nosebleeds. Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 23 |