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Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
California Laurel
USDA UMCAC
Pomo, Kashaya Other, Sacred Items
Plant very sacred to the Kashaya Pomo because of it's ceremonial uses.
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 90
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
California Laurel
USDA UMCAC
Tolowa Food, Fruit
Fruit shelled, roasted and eaten.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 59
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
California Laurel
USDA UMCAC
Yuki Drug, Analgesic
Crushed leaves inhaled for headaches.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 47
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
California Laurel
USDA UMCAC
Yuki Drug, Analgesic
Poultice of crushed leaves applied as compress for headaches.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 43
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
California Laurel
USDA UMCAC
Yuki Drug, Antirheumatic (External)
Decoction of leaves used as wash for rheumatism.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 43
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
California Laurel
USDA UMCAC
Yuki Drug, Respiratory Aid
Crushed leaves inhaled to open the nasal passages.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 47
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
California Laurel
USDA UMCAC
Yuki Food, Unspecified
Nuts roasted in hot ashes, cracked and eaten.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 87
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
California Laurel
USDA UMCAC
Yuki Food, Unspecified
Species used for food.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... I. Historical Review and Medicinal Plants, The Masterkey 31:40-48, page 47
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
California Laurel
USDA UMCAC
Yuki Other, Insecticide
Leafy branches used for fleas.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 91
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
California Laurel
USDA UMCAC
Yurok Drug, Unspecified
Plant used for medicinal purposes.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 59
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
California Laurel
USDA UMCAC
Yurok Food, Fruit
Fruit used for food.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 59
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
California Laurel
USDA UMCAC
Yurok Food, Unspecified
Seeds baked in the sand under a fire and used for food.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 59
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
California Laurel
USDA UMCAC
Yurok Other, Good Luck Charm
Leaves burned, to take bad luck away, in the house or the smoke waved over people as they leave.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 59
Umbellularia californica (Hook. & Arn.) Nutt.
California Laurel
USDA UMCAC
Yurok Other, Insecticide
Plant put under the bed to rid it of fleas.
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 59