Citrullus lanatus var. lanatus
Common names: Watermelon
Species details (USDA):
USDA CILAL
Documented uses
35 uses documented
Cahuilla
Food, Fruit
detail...
(Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel,
1972,
Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants,
Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press,
pages 55)
Cahuilla
Food, Winter Use Food
detail...
(Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel,
1972,
Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants,
Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press,
pages 55)
Cherokee
Drug, Kidney Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 61)
Cherokee
Drug, Pediatric Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 61)
Cherokee
Drug, Urinary Aid
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 61)
Cherokee
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey,
1975,
Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History,
Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co.,
pages 61)
Cheyenne
Drug, Diuretic
detail...
(Hart, Jeffrey A.,
1981,
The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana,
Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55,
pages 24)
Chickasaw
Drug, Urinary Aid
detail...
(Taylor, Linda Averill,
1940,
Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes,
Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University,
pages 59)
Cocopa
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Gifford, E. W.,
1933,
The Cocopa,
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270,
pages 266)
Cocopa
Food, Fruit
detail...
(Gifford, E. W.,
1933,
The Cocopa,
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270,
pages 266)
Cocopa
Food, Winter Use Food
detail...
(Gifford, E. W.,
1933,
The Cocopa,
University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 31:263-270,
pages 266)
Havasupai
Food, Fruit
detail...
(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,
pages 66)
Havasupai
Food, Porridge
detail...
(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,
pages 243)
Havasupai
Other, Planting Seeds
detail...
(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,
pages 243)
Hopi
Food, Cooking Agent
detail...
(Whiting, Alfred F.,
1939,
Ethnobotany of the Hopi,
Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15,
pages 92)
Hopi
Food, Staple
detail...
(Whiting, Alfred F.,
1939,
Ethnobotany of the Hopi,
Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15,
pages 92)
Hopi
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Whiting, Alfred F.,
1939,
Ethnobotany of the Hopi,
Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15,
pages 92)
Iroquois
Drug, Urinary Aid
detail...
(Herrick, James William,
1977,
Iroquois Medical Botany,
State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis,
pages 451)
Iroquois
Food, Bread & Cake
detail...
(Waugh, F. W.,
1916,
Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation,
Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines,
pages 113)
Iroquois
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Waugh, F. W.,
1916,
Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation,
Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines,
pages 113)
Iroquois
Food, Special Food
detail...
(Waugh, F. W.,
1916,
Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation,
Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines,
pages 113)
Iroquois
Food, Vegetable
detail...
(Waugh, F. W.,
1916,
Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation,
Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines,
pages 113)
Iroquois
Food, Vegetable
detail...
(Waugh, F. W.,
1916,
Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation,
Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines,
pages 113)
Kamia
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Gifford, E. W.,
1931,
The Kamia of Imperial Valley,
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office,
pages 21)
Kiowa
Drug, Poison
detail...
(Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes,
1939,
The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians,
Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University,
pages 53)
Meskwaki
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Smith, Huron H.,
1928,
Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians,
Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326,
pages 257)
Navajo
Food, Dried Food
detail...
(Steggerda, Morris,
1941,
Navajo Foods and Their Preparation,
Journal of the American Dietetic Association 17(3):217-25,
pages 222)
Navajo, Ramah
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Vestal, Paul A.,
1952,
The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho,
Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94,
pages 46)
Navajo, Ramah
Food, Winter Use Food
detail...
(Vestal, Paul A.,
1952,
The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho,
Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94,
pages 46)
Okanagan-Colville
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(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,
pages 98)
Pima
Food, Fruit
detail...
(Russell, Frank,
1908,
The Pima Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390,
pages 75)
Rappahannock
Drug, Kidney Aid
detail...
(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.,
pages 30)
Rappahannock
Drug, Veterinary Aid
detail...
(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.,
pages 30)
Seminole
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Sturtevant, William,
1954,
The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices,
Yale University, PhD Thesis,
pages 479)
Sia
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(White, Leslie A.,
1962,
The Pueblo of Sia, New Mexico,
XXX SI-BAE Bulletin #,
pages 106)