Nymphaea sp.
Common names: Water Lily
Documented uses
7 uses documented
Abnaki
Drug, Psychological Aid
detail...
(Rousseau, Jacques,
1947,
Ethnobotanique Abenakise,
Archives de Folklore 11:145-182,
pages 167)
Kiowa
Food, Vegetable
detail...
(Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes,
1939,
The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians,
Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University,
pages 27)
Klamath
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Merriam, C. Hart,
1966,
Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes,
University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley,
pages 224)
Lakota
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Rogers, Dilwyn J,
1980,
Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota,
St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety,
pages 52)
Seminole
Drug, Cough Medicine
detail...
(Sturtevant, William,
1954,
The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices,
Yale University, PhD Thesis,
pages 237)
Seminole
Drug, Respiratory Aid
detail...
(Sturtevant, William,
1954,
The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices,
Yale University, PhD Thesis,
pages 237)
Seminole
Drug, Sedative
detail...
(Sturtevant, William,
1954,
The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices,
Yale University, PhD Thesis,
pages 237)