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Quercus sp.
Red Oak
Ponca Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Decoction of root bark given for bowel trouble, especially in children.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 75
Quercus sp.
Red Oak
Ponca Drug, Pediatric Aid
Decoction of root bark given for bowel trouble, especially in children.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 75
Quercus sp.
Red Oak
Round Valley Indian Food, Bread & Cake
Nuts dried, cracked, pulverized, water added and the dough made into bread.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 333
Quercus sp.
Red Oak
Round Valley Indian Food, Porridge
Nuts dried, cracked, pulverized, water added and the dough made into brownish red mush.
Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 333
Quercus sp.
Red Oak
Winnebago Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Decoction of root bark given for bowel trouble, especially in children.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 75
Quercus sp.
Red Oak
Winnebago Drug, Pediatric Aid
Decoction of root bark given for bowel trouble, especially in children.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 75
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal
Bark used for chronic dysentery.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion of twig juice taken for dysentery.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 18
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid
Astringent bark chewed for mouth sores.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid
Infusion of bark applied to sore, chapped skin.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Drug, Disinfectant
Bark used as an antiseptic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Drug, Emetic
Bark used as an emetic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Drug, Febrifuge
Bark used after long, intermittent fevers and as a wash for chills and fevers.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Bark used for indigestion and 'any debility of the system.'
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Drug, Oral Aid
Bark chewed for mouth sores.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Drug, Respiratory Aid
Infusion of bark taken for asthma.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Drug, Throat Aid
Decoction of inner bark used for 'lost voice.'
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Drug, Tonic
Bark used as a tonic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid
Infusion of inner bark taken for difficult urination with discharge.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 18
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid
Unspecified liquid preparation taken for 'milky urine.'
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Fiber, Basketry
Used to make baskets.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Fiber, Building Material
Wood used for lumber, railroad ties, wagon spokes and rims.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Fiber, Furniture
Used to make woven chair bottoms.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Fiber, Furniture
Wood used to make furniture.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Other, Cooking Tools
Leaves used to wrap dough for bread making.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Other, Cooking Tools
Wood used to make corn beaters and mortars.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Cherokee Other, Fuel
Wood used for firewood.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Choctaw Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Decoction of bark taken for stomachaches.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 18
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Creek Drug, Antidiarrheal
Bark used to make a drink taken for dysentery.
Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 659
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Creek Drug, Antidiarrheal
Infusion of bark taken for dysentery.
Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 18
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Kiowa Food, Beverage
Acorns used to make a drink similar to coffee.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 22
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Kiowa Food, Dried Food
Dried, pounded acorns used for food.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 22
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Kiowa Other, Fuel
Wood used for firewood.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 22
Quercus stellata Wangenh.
Post Oak
USDA QUST
Kiowa Other, Smoke Plant
Leaves used as cigarette wrappers for the peyote ceremony.
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 22
Quercus texana Buckl.
Nuttall Oak
USDA QUBU2
Choctaw Dye, Red
Burned bark and black gum ash added to water and used as a red dye.
Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 14
Quercus texana Buckl.
Nuttall Oak
USDA QUBU2
Choctaw Other, Paint
Bark, post oak and live oak boiled and used for paint.
Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 14
Quercus turbinella Greene
Shrub Live Oak
USDA QUTU2
Cocopa Other, Cash Crop
Acorns gathered and traded with the Paipai for wild sheep skins.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 187
Quercus turbinella Greene
Shrub Live Oak
USDA QUTU2
Havasupai Other, Tools
Wood used to make the hoe and axe handles.
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 215
Quercus turbinella Greene
Shrub Live Oak
USDA QUTU2
Hualapai Food, Bread & Cake
Acorns used to make bread.
Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 11
Quercus turbinella Greene
Shrub Live Oak
USDA QUTU2
Hualapai Food, Soup
Acorns used to make stew.
Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 11
Quercus turbinella Greene
Shrub Live Oak
USDA QUTU2
Hualapai Food, Unspecified
Acorns roasted like pinons.
Watahomigie, Lucille J., 1982, Hualapai Ethnobotany, Peach Springs, AZ. Hualapai Bilingual Program, Peach Springs School District #8, page 11
Quercus turbinella Greene
Shrub Live Oak
USDA QUTU2
Mohave Food, Porridge
Acorns used to make mush.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 187
Quercus turbinella Greene
Shrub Live Oak
USDA QUTU2
Pima, Gila River Food, Snack Food
Fruits eaten raw as a snack food.
Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 7
Quercus velutina Lam.
Black Oak
USDA QUVE
Cherokee Drug, Antidiarrheal
Bark used for chronic dysentery.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus velutina Lam.
Black Oak
USDA QUVE
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid
Astringent bark chewed for mouth sores.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus velutina Lam.
Black Oak
USDA QUVE
Cherokee Drug, Dermatological Aid
Infusion of bark applied to sore, chapped skin.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus velutina Lam.
Black Oak
USDA QUVE
Cherokee Drug, Disinfectant
Bark used as an antiseptic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus velutina Lam.
Black Oak
USDA QUVE
Cherokee Drug, Emetic
Bark used as an emetic.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus velutina Lam.
Black Oak
USDA QUVE
Cherokee Drug, Febrifuge
Bark used after long, intermittent fevers and as a wash for chills and fevers.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46
Quercus velutina Lam.
Black Oak
USDA QUVE
Cherokee Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid
Bark used for indigestion and 'any debility of the system.'
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 46