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Sida sp.
Ilima
Hawaiian Drug, Gynecological Aid
Flowers & other plants chewed, squeezed & resulting liquid placed in the vagina for womb troubles.
Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 26
Sida sp.
Ilima
Hawaiian Drug, Laxative
Chewed flowers given to infants and children as a laxative.
Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 26
Sida sp.
Ilima
Hawaiian Drug, Pediatric Aid
Chewed flowers given to infants and children as a laxative.
Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 26
Sida sp.
Ilima
Hawaiian Drug, Respiratory Aid
Flowers, shoots, root bark and other plants pounded, squeezed and resulting liquid taken for asthma.
Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 26
Sida sp.
Ilima
Hawaiian Drug, Strengthener
Bark and other plants pounded, squeezed and resulting liquid taken for general debility.
Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 26
Sida sp.
Ilima
Hawaiian Other, Decorations
Plant used to make wreaths.
Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 26
Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) Gray ex Benth.
Dwarf Checkermallow
USDA SIMAM
Luiseno Food, Vegetable
Plant used as greens.
Sparkman, Philip S., 1908, The Culture of the Luiseno Indians, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 8(4):187-234, page 231
Sidalcea malviflora (DC.) Gray ex Benth.
Dwarf Checkermallow
USDA SIMAM
Yana Food, Spice
Dried, mashed leaves used to flavor black manzanita berries.
Sapir, Edward and Leslie Spier, 1943, Notes on the Culture of the Yana, Anthropological Records 3(3):252-253, page 251
Sidalcea neomexicana Gray
New Mexico Checkermallow
USDA SINEN
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Internal Medicine
Cold infusion of plant taken for internal injury.
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 36