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Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
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Cahuilla Fiber, Building Material
Wood used to make fences to prevent rodents from attacking cultivated crops.
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 74
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
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Cahuilla Food, Beverage
Fresh blossoms soaked in water and used to make a summer drink.
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 74
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
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Cahuilla Food, Porridge
Parched seeds ground into a flour and used to make mush or cakes.
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 74
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
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Cahuilla Food, Unspecified
Fresh blossoms used for food.
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 74
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
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Cahuilla Other, Fuel
Wood used for firewood.
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 74
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
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Mahuna Drug, Blood Medicine
Plant used as a blood specific, purifier and tonic.
Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 28
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
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Papago Fiber, Building Material
Used for house construction.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 89
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
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Papago Fiber, Building Material
Used for the warp of wrapped weaving in house frames.
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 53
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
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Papago Fiber, Building Material
Withes used to bind together the house dome ribs.
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 66
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
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Papago Food, Special Food
Nectar pressed out of blossoms, hardened like rock candy and chewed as a delicacy.
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 28
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
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Papago Other, Ceremonial Items
Flexible rods used as the basis of ceremonial structures representing clouds or mountains.
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 54
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
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Papago Other, Tools
Thorns used to pierce the ears of both sexes.
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 51
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
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Pima Fiber, Building Material
Stalks freed from thorns, bound together with rawhide or wire and used as shelves.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 89
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
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Pima Other, Decorations
Plants grown around gardens for decorations.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 89
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
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Seri Fiber, Building Material
Branches used to make sun and wind shelters.
Dawson, E. Yale, 1944, Some Ethnobotanical Notes on the Seri Indians, Desert Plant Life 9:133-138, page 136
Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
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Yavapai Food, Snack Food
Flowers sucked by children for nectar.
Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 256