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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