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Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Apache, White Mountain Drug, Unspecified
Plant used for medicinal purposes.
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 160
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Cochiti Food, Substitution Food
Fruits used as a substitute for rennet in curdling milk.
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 51
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Hopi Other, Jewelry
Yellow fruits made into necklaces for clowns.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 90
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Isleta Drug, Laxative
Raw seed pods eaten or boiled into a syrup and taken as a laxative.
Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 43
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Keresan Drug, Gynecological Aid
Infusion of plant taken by nursing mothers to sustain milk flow.
White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 562
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Keresan Other, Jewelry
Fruit made into a necklace worn by women.
White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 562
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Navajo Drug, Eye Medicine
Plant used for sore eyes.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 75
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Navajo Drug, Nose Medicine
Plant used for nose troubles.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 97
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Navajo Drug, Throat Aid
Plant used for throat troubles.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 97
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Navajo Food, Cooking Agent
Dried or fresh berries added to goat's milk to make it curdle for cheese.
Steggerda, Morris, 1941, Navajo Foods and Their Preparation, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25, page 222
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Pima Drug, Cold Remedy
Crushed, dried berries used for colds.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 88
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Pima Food, Fruit
Berries powdered, placed in milk, a piece of rabbit or cow stomach added and liquid eaten as cheese.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 88
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Pima Food, Substitution Food
Berries used as a substitute for rennet.
Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 78
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Spanish American Food, Substitution Food
Fruits used as a substitute for rennet in curdling milk.
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 51
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Zuni Drug, Snake Bite Remedy
Fresh or dried root chewed by medicine man before sucking snakebite and poultice applied to wound.
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 378
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Zuni Drug, Toothache Remedy
Chewed root placed in cavity of aching tooth.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 60
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Zuni Drug, Toothache Remedy
Fruit chewed over sore tooth.
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 378
Solanum elaeagnifolium Cav.
Silverleaf Nightshade
USDA SOEL
Zuni Food, Beverage
Berries mixed with curdled goat milk and considered a delicious beverage.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 70