Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Costanoan Food, Unspecified Tubers eaten. Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 255 |
Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Plant used as a ceremonial emetic. 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 19 |
Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic Plant used as a ceremonial emetic. 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 19 |
Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Paiute, Northern Food, Dried Food Roots dried, ground and mixed with other foods. Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 44 |
Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Paiute, Northern Food, Unspecified Roots eaten raw. Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 44 |
Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Pima Drug, Cold Remedy Roots chewed for colds. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 98 |
Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Pima Drug, Cough Medicine Roots chewed for coughs. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 98 |
Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Pima Drug, Snake Bite Remedy Poultice of chewed roots applied to snakebites. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 98 |
Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Pima Drug, Veterinary Aid Chewed roots placed in horse's nostrils as a stimulant. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 98 |
Cyperus esculentus L. Chufa Flatsedge USDA CYESL |
Pomo, Kashaya Food, Vegetable Tubers on the rootstock eaten raw, baked or boiled like potatoes. Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 78 |