| Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsumura & Nakai Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Apalachee Food, Fruit Fruit used for food. Hann, John H., 1986, The Use and Processing of Plants by Indians of Spanish Florida, Southeastern Archaeology 5(2):1-102, page 98 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Cahuilla Food, Fruit Eaten fresh. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 55 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Cahuilla Food, Winter Use Food Cut, peeled into strips and dried for winter use. Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 55 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Cherokee Drug, Kidney Aid Infusion of seeds taken for kidney trouble. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 61 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Cherokee Drug, Pediatric Aid Seeds chewed for bedwetting. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 61 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Cherokee Drug, Urinary Aid Seeds chewed for bedwetting. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 61 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Cherokee Food, Unspecified Species used for food. Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 61 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Cheyenne Drug, Diuretic Decoction of seeds taken as a diuretic. Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 24 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Chickasaw Drug, Urinary Aid Decoction of mashed seeds taken for blood in the urine. Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 59 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Cocopa Food, Dried Food Dried, whole seeds used for food. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Cocopa Food, Fruit Ripe melon scooped with fingers and used for food. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Cocopa Food, Winter Use Food Ripe and green melons stored in pits and the green melons ripened in storage. Gifford, E. W., 1933, The Cocopa, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270, page 266 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Havasupai Food, Fruit Fruit eaten fresh. 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 66 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Havasupai Food, Porridge Seeds parched and ground to make sumkwin and other dishes. 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 243 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Havasupai Other, Planting Seeds Seeds stored for future planting. 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 243 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Hopi Food, Cooking Agent Seeds ground and used to oil the 'piki' stones. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 92 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Hopi Food, Staple Eaten and considered to be almost a staple food. Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 92 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Hopi Food, Unspecified Seeds parched and eaten with parched corn and 'piki.' Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 92 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Iroquois Drug, Urinary Aid Compound decoction of roots and seeds taken for urine stoppage. Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 451 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Iroquois Food, Bread & Cake Fresh or dried flesh boiled, mashed and mixed into the paste when making corn bread. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Iroquois Food, Dried Food Flesh cut into strips, dried and stored away. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Iroquois Food, Special Food Squash eaten at feasts of ceremonial importance and longhouse ceremonies. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Iroquois Food, Vegetable Flesh boiled, baked in ashes or boiled, mashed with butter and sugar and eaten. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Iroquois Food, Vegetable Flesh fried and sweetened or seasoned with salt, pepper and butter. Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Kamia Food, Unspecified Species used for food. Gifford, E. W., 1931, The Kamia of Imperial Valley, Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, page 21 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Kiowa Drug, Poison Unripened plant considered poisonous. Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 53 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Meskwaki Food, Unspecified Melon used for food. Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 257 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Navajo Food, Dried Food Fruit cut into strips, wound upon sticks in the form of a rope, sun dried and stored for months. Steggerda, Morris, 1941, Navajo Foods and Their Preparation, Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25, page 222 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Navajo, Ramah Food, Unspecified Watermelon cultivated and used for food. 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 46 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Navajo, Ramah Food, Winter Use Food Watermelon sliced into strips, dried and stored for winter use. 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 46 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Okanagan-Colville Food, Unspecified Species used for food. Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 98 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Pima Food, Fruit Fruits eaten as one of the most important foods. Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 75 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Rappahannock Drug, Kidney Aid Infusion of seeds taken for gravel (kidney stones). Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 30 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Rappahannock Drug, Veterinary Aid Infusion of seeds given to horses for gravel (kidney stones). Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter, 1942, Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures, Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55., page 30 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Seminole Food, Unspecified Plant used for food. Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 479 |
| Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus Watermelon USDA CILAL |
Sia Food, Unspecified Cultivated watermelons used for food. White, Leslie A., 1962, The Pueblo of Sia, New Mexico, XXX SI-BAE Bulletin #, page 106 |
| Corydalis aurea Willd. Scrambledeggs USDA COAU2 |
Navajo, Ramah Other, Fertilizer Cold infusion used to soak watermelon seeds to increase production. 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 28 |
| Corydalis curvisiliqua ssp. occidentalis (Engelm. ex Gray) W.A. Weber Scrambledeggs USDA COCUO |
Navajo, Ramah Other, Fertilizer Cold infusion used to soak watermelon seeds to increase production. 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 28 |
| Erodium cicutarium (L.) L'H‚r. ex Ait. Redstem Stork's Bill USDA ERCIC |
Jemez Other, Protection Dried plant powder mixed with watermelon seeds during storage & planting stops watermelon disease. Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 22 |
| Penstemon ambiguus Torr. Gilia Beardtongue USDA PEAMA |
Hopi Other, Season Indicator Flowers used to indicate when watermelon planting was over. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 340 |
| Penstemon ambiguus Torr. Gilia Beardtongue USDA PEAMA |
Tewa Other, Season Indicator Flowers used to indicate when watermelon planting was over. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 340 |
| Penstemon eatonii Gray Eaton's Penstemon USDA PEEAE2 |
Hopi Other, Season Indicator Flowers used to indicate when watermelon planting was over. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 341 |
| Penstemon utahensis Eastw. Utah Penstemon USDA PEUT |
Hopi Other, Season Indicator Flowers used to indicate when watermelon planting was over. Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 342 |
| Rorippa sinuata (Nutt.) A.S. Hitchc. Spreading Yellowcress USDA ROSI2 |
Navajo, Ramah Other, Fertilizer Cold infusion used to soak watermelon seeds to increase productivity. 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 29 |
| Salix alaxensis (Anderss.) Coville Feltleaf Willow USDA SAALA |
Eskimo, Inupiat Food, Unspecified Juicy cambium, tasted like watermelon or cucumber, used for food. Jones, Anore, 1983, Nauriat Niginaqtuat = Plants That We Eat, Kotzebue, Alaska. Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program, page 7 |
| Solanum physalifolium Rusby Hoe Nightshade USDA SOPH |
Navajo, Ramah Other, Fertilizer Leaves and berries soaked in water used on watermelon seed to insure a good crop. 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 43 |
| Solanum triflorum Nutt. Cutleaf Nightshade USDA SOTR |
Keres, Western Other, Fertilizer Infusion of plant sprinkled on watermelons to make them more prolific and ripen early. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 70 |
| Solanum triflorum Nutt. Cutleaf Nightshade USDA SOTR |
Keres, Western Other, Fertilizer Planted with watermelons to make them more prolific and ripen early. Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 70 |
| Solanum triflorum Nutt. Cutleaf Nightshade USDA SOTR |
Navajo, Ramah Other, Fertilizer Dried berries soaked in water and planted with watermelon seed to increase productivity. 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 43 |
| Touchardia latifolia Gaud. Olona USDA TOLA |
Hawaiian Drug, Laxative Slimy substance, water, plant milk and watermelon juice mixed, strained and taken as a laxative. Akana, Akaiko, 1922, Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value, Honolulu: Pacific Book House, page 71 |