| Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens Stretchberry USDA FOPUP |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Food, Fruit Raw fruits occasionally eaten as food. Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 44 |
| Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens Stretchberry USDA FOPUP |
Hopi Other, Ceremonial Items Used to make pahos (prayer sticks). Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 319 |
| Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens Stretchberry USDA FOPUP |
Hopi Other, Tools Used for digging stick. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 319 |
| Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens Stretchberry USDA FOPUP |
Hopi Other, Tools Wood used for digging sticks. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 87 |
| Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens Stretchberry USDA FOPUP |
Isleta Other, Water Indicator Large shrubs considered water indicators because wells dug where plants grew always produced water. Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 29 |
| Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens Stretchberry USDA FOPUP |
Jemez Other, Ceremonial Items Berry juice mixed with white clay and used as purple body paint for summer dances. Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 22 |
| Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens Stretchberry USDA FOPUP |
Navajo Other, Ceremonial Items Used to make prayersticks. Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 68 |
| Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens Stretchberry USDA FOPUP |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine Leaves 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 39 |
| Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens Stretchberry USDA FOPUP |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Disinfectant Plant used for 'bear infection.' 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 39 |
| Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens Stretchberry USDA FOPUP |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic Leaves 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 39 |
| Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens Stretchberry USDA FOPUP |
Navajo, Ramah Other, Ceremonial Items Stem used to make Evilway big hoop. 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 39 |