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Bromus anomalus Rupr. ex Fourn.
Nodding Brome
USDA BRPO2
Navajo, Ramah Food, Fodder
Used for horse feed.
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 16
Helianthus anomalus Blake
Western Sunflower
USDA HEAN4
Hopi Drug, Dermatological Aid
Plant used as a 'spider medicine.'
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 32, 96
Helianthus anomalus Blake
Western Sunflower
USDA HEAN4
Hopi Food, Fodder
Used as an important food for summer birds.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 96
Helianthus anomalus Blake
Western Sunflower
USDA HEAN4
Hopi Other, Decorations
Petals dried, ground, mixed with yellow corn meal and used as a face powder in women's basket dance.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 96
Malus angustifolia (Ait.) Michx.
Southern Crabapple
USDA MAANA
Cherokee Food, Dried Food
Sun dried, sliced fruit used for food.
Perry, Myra Jean, 1975, Food Use of 'Wild' Plants by Cherokee Indians, The University of Tennessee, M.S. Thesis, page 56
Malus angustifolia (Ait.) Michx.
Southern Crabapple
USDA MAANA
Cherokee Food, Preserves
Fruit used to make clear jelly.
Perry, Myra Jean, 1975, Food Use of 'Wild' Plants by Cherokee Indians, The University of Tennessee, M.S. Thesis, page 56
Malus coronaria (L.) P. Mill.
Sweet Crabapple
USDA MACO5
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Infusion of bark taken for gallstones and piles and infusion used for sore mouth.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 31
Malus coronaria (L.) P. Mill.
Sweet Crabapple
USDA MACO5
Cherokee Drug, Hemorrhoid Remedy
Infusion of bark taken for gallstones and 'piles' and infusion used for sore mouth.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 31
Malus coronaria (L.) P. Mill.
Sweet Crabapple
USDA MACO5
Cherokee Drug, Oral Aid
Infusion of bark taken for gallstones and infusion used as a wash for sore mouth.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 31
Malus coronaria (L.) P. Mill.
Sweet Crabapple
USDA MACO5
Cherokee Food, Fruit
Fruit used for food.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 31
Malus coronaria var. coronaria
Sweet Crabapple
USDA MACO5
Iroquois Drug, Abortifacient
Decoction of roots taken for suppressed menses.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 351
Malus coronaria var. coronaria
Sweet Crabapple
USDA MACO5
Iroquois Drug, Dermatological Aid
Cold infusion of bark used as wash for black eyes.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 350
Malus coronaria var. coronaria
Sweet Crabapple
USDA MACO5
Iroquois Drug, Eye Medicine
Cold infusion of bark used as wash for snowblindness and black or sore eyes.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 350
Malus coronaria var. coronaria
Sweet Crabapple
USDA MACO5
Iroquois Drug, Gynecological Aid
Cold, compound infusion of twig bark taken for difficult birth.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 350
Malus coronaria var. coronaria
Sweet Crabapple
USDA MACO5
Iroquois Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Compound decoction of roots taken for consumption.
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 350
Malus coronaria var. coronaria
Sweet Crabapple
USDA MACO5
Iroquois Food, Bread & Cake
Fruit mashed, made into small cakes and dried for future use.
Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 129
Malus coronaria var. coronaria
Sweet Crabapple
USDA MACO5
Iroquois Food, Dried Food
Raw or cooked fruit sun or fire dried and stored for future use.
Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 129
Malus coronaria var. coronaria
Sweet Crabapple
USDA MACO5
Iroquois Food, Fruit
Dried fruit taken as a hunting food.
Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 129
Malus coronaria var. coronaria
Sweet Crabapple
USDA MACO5
Iroquois Food, Sauce & Relish
Dried fruit cakes soaked in warm water and cooked as a sauce or mixed with corn bread.
Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 129
Malus coronaria var. coronaria
Sweet Crabapple
USDA MACO5
Ojibwa Food, Fruit
Fruit used for food.
Reagan, Albert B., 1928, Plants Used by the Bois Fort Chippewa (Ojibwa) Indians of Minnesota, Wisconsin Archeologist 7(4):230-248, page 236
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Alaska Native Food, Cooking Agent
Used as a source of pectin for jelly making.
Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 85
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Bella Coola Drug, Eye Medicine
Compound decoction of bark or root used as an eyewash for soreness.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 60
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Bella Coola Food, Fruit
Berries used for food.
Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 209
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Chinook, Lower Food, Fruit
Fruits stored in baskets until soft and used for food.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 38
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Clallam Food, Fruit
Fruit softened in baskets and eaten.
Fleisher, Mark S., 1980, The Ethnobotany of the Clallam Indians of Western Washington, Northwest Anthropological Research Notes 14(2):192-210, page 202
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Cowichan Drug, Panacea
Infusion of bark and wild cherry bark taken as a cure all tonic.
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 87
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Cowlitz Food, Fruit
Fruits cooked, stored in baskets until soft and used for food.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 38
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Gitksan Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
Decoction of trunk and branch or inner bark taken for rheumatism.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 60
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Gitksan Drug, Dietary Aid
Decoction of trunk, branches or inner bark taken as a 'fattening medicine.'
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 60
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Gitksan Drug, Diuretic
Decoction of trunk and branches or inner bark taken as a laxative and diuretic.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 60
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Gitksan Drug, Eye Medicine
Juice, scraped from peeled trunk, used as an eye medicine.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 60
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Gitksan Drug, Laxative
Decoction of trunk and branch or inner bark taken as a laxative and diuretic.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 60
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Gitksan Drug, Tuberculosis Remedy
Decoction of trunk and branch or inner bark taken for consumption.
Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 60
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Haisla and Hanaksiala Drug, Antirheumatic (Internal)
Fruit eaten after a long day of hunting, 'kills poison in muscles.'
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 265
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Haisla and Hanaksiala Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Afterbirth of a child tied to a young tree to ensure the child would grow up strong.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 265
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Haisla and Hanaksiala Food, Fruit
Fruit used for food.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 265
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Haisla and Hanaksiala Food, Winter Use Food
Fruit boiled and stored in the cooking water or oil for winter use.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 265
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Sticks used to strike rods of cedar to make noise while driving animals to be killed.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 265
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Wood used to make bows.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 265
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Tools
Wood used to make root digging sticks.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 265
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Haisla and Hanaksiala Other, Tools
Wood used to make sledgehammer handles and mallet heads.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 265
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Hanaksiala Other, Cooking Tools
Sticks used to retrieve special cooking stones used for cooking edible seaweed.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 265
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Hesquiat Food, Dried Food
Sour fruit dried for future use.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 73
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Hesquiat Other, Tools
Wood used to make axe handles.
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 73
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Hoh Drug, Venereal Aid
Infusion used for gonorrhea.
Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 64
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Hoh Food, Fruit
Fruits eaten for food.
Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 64
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Kitasoo Food, Special Food
Fruit used as a food item associated with ceremonial situations.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 342
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Kitasoo Food, Winter Use Food
Fruit stored in water and topped with mammal or fish grease or oil.
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 342
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Klallam Drug, Eye Medicine
Infusion of bark used as an eyewash.
Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 38
Malus fusca (Raf.) Schneid.
Oregon Crabapple
USDA MAFU
Kwakiutl Drug, Antihemorrhagic
Shredded bark used for blood spitting.
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 290