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Ptelea trifoliata L.
Common Hoptree
USDA PTTRT2
Menominee Drug, Adjuvant
Root bark used as a seasoner and to render other medicines potent.
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 51
Ptelea trifoliata L.
Common Hoptree
USDA PTTRT2
Menominee Drug, Panacea
Root considered a sacred medicine and credited with all sorts of cures.
Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 51
Ptelea trifoliata L.
Common Hoptree
USDA PTTRT2
Meskwaki Drug, Adjuvant
Root often added to other medicines to make them potent.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 244
Ptelea trifoliata L.
Common Hoptree
USDA PTTRT2
Meskwaki Drug, Pulmonary Aid
Compound infusion of pounded root used for lung troubles, a good medicine.
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 244
Ptelea trifoliata ssp. pallida var. pallida (Greene) V. Bailey
Pallid Hoptree
USDA PTTRP4
Havasupai Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Decoction of leaves rubbed on a child's abdomen for stomachaches.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 229
Ptelea trifoliata ssp. pallida var. pallida (Greene) V. Bailey
Pallid Hoptree
USDA PTTRP4
Havasupai Drug, Pediatric Aid
Decoction of leaves rubbed on a child's abdomen for stomachaches.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 229
Ptelea trifoliata ssp. pallida var. pallida (Greene) V. Bailey
Pallid Hoptree
USDA PTTRP4
Havasupai Drug, Poison
Leaves made into poison and used on arrow tips for hunting large game and in warfare. The leaves, which had a strong odor, were pounded up together with jimson weed, scorpions and other noxious items. It was said that even a slight scratch from an arrow so treated would insure death.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 229
Ptelea trifoliata ssp. pallida var. pallida (Greene) V. Bailey
Pallid Hoptree
USDA PTTRP4
Havasupai Other, Fuel
Wood used for firewood.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 229
Ptelea trifoliata ssp. pallida var. pallida (Greene) V. Bailey
Pallid Hoptree
USDA PTTRP4
Havasupai Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Leaves made into poison and used on arrow tips for hunting large game. The leaves, which had a strong odor, were pounded up together with jimson weed, scorpions and other noxious items. It was said that even a slight scratch from an arrow so treated would insure death.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 229
Ptelea trifoliata ssp. pallida var. pallida (Greene) V. Bailey
Pallid Hoptree
USDA PTTRP4
Havasupai Other, Weapon
Leaves made into poison and used on arrow tips in warfare. The leaves, which had a strong odor, were pounded up together with jimson weed, scorpions and other noxious items. It was said that even a slight scratch from an arrow so treated would insure death.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 229
Ptelea trifoliata ssp. trifoliata var. mollis Torr. & Gray
Common Hoptree
USDA PTTRM
San Felipe Food, Fruit
Fruits commonly eaten by children.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 47