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6196 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Acoma 2 | c35 19 | 31 | Food 1 | Candy 85 | Milky latex allowed to harden and used as chewing gum. | Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 31 |
6197 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 45 | Food 1 | Candy 85 | 'Milk' squeezed from leaves and stems and chewed as gum. | Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 45 |
6198 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Cheyenne 33 | h92 30 | 66 | Drug 2 | Eye Medicine 25 | Decoction of plant tops strained and used as an eye medicine. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 66 |
6199 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 14 | Drug 2 | Eye Medicine 25 | Decoction of plant tops used as an eyewash for blindness or snowblindness. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 14 |
6200 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 184 | Food 1 | Candy 85 | Dried, hardened milk used for chewing gum. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 184 |
6201 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Cheyenne 33 | h92 30 | 66 | Food 1 | Candy 85 | Milky juice allowed to harden and used as chewing gum. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 66 |
6202 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 14 | Food 1 | Candy 85 | Milky juice hardened and chewed as gum. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 14 |
6203 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 14 | Food 1 | Fruit 52 | Green, immature fruits peeled and the inner layer eaten raw. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 14 |
6204 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Cheyenne 33 | h92 30 | 66 | Food 1 | Fruit 52 | Immature fruits peeled and inner layer eaten. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 66 |
6205 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 184 | Food 1 | Fruit 52 | Inner layer of fruit used for food. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 184 |
6206 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Cheyenne 33 | h92 30 | 66 | Food 1 | Sauce & Relish 7 | Flowers boiled with soup or meat, flour added and eaten as a gravy. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 66 |
6207 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Cheyenne 33 | g72 39 | 184 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Whole buds boiled with meat or in water to make soup. | Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 184 |
6208 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 14 | Food 1 | Tender stalks cooked, sweetened and used for food. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 14 | |
6209 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 46 | Food 1 | Tender, spring shoots eaten raw. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46 | |
6210 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 14 | Food 1 | Young, unopened buds boiled with meat, grease, gravy or soup and eaten. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 14 | |
6211 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Cheyenne 33 | h81 57 | 46 | Food 1 | Young, unopened buds boiled with meat, grease, gravy or soup and used for food. | Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 46 | |
6212 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Crow 60 | h92 30 | 66 | Food 1 | Sauce & Relish 7 | Flowers boiled with soup or meat, flour added and eaten as a gravy. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 66 |
6213 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Crow 60 | b05 73 | 7 | Food 1 | Flowers boiled for food. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 7 | |
6214 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Crow 60 | b05 73 | 7 | Food 1 | Seeds eaten raw. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 7 | |
6215 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Crow 60 | h92 30 | 66 | Other 3 | Paint 26 | Milky juice used for temporary branding of livestock. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 66 |
6216 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Flathead 76 | h92 30 | 66 | Drug 2 | Gastrointestinal Aid 14 | Fresh roots chewed or dried, pulverized and boiled and used for stomachache. | Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, page 66 |
6217 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 164 | Food 1 | Boiled with meat. | Vestal, Paul A, 1940, Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891, Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168, page 164 | |
6218 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 30 | Food 1 | Candy 85 | Milky juice used as chewing gum. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 30 |
6219 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Laguna 124 | c35 19 | 31 | Food 1 | Candy 85 | Milky latex allowed to harden and used as chewing gum. | Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 31 |
6220 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 34 | Drug 2 | Used as a medicine. | 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, page 34 | |
6221 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 34 | Food 1 | Cooking Agent 131 | Floral bud clusters used to thicken soup. | 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, page 34 |
6222 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 34 | Food 1 | Preserves 1 | Open flowers cut up for a sort of preserve. | 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, page 34 |
6223 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 34 | Food 1 | Blossoms boiled, mixed with flour and eaten. | 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, page 34 | |
6224 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 167 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Milk of plant applied to warts. | Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 167 |
6225 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Miwok 144 | bg33 100 | 167 | Drug 2 | Venereal Aid 46 | Decoction of root taken in small doses for venereal diseases. | Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford, 1933, Miwok Material Culture, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11, page 167 |
6226 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 7 | Other 3 | Tools 17 | 'Milk' from the broken stems used in cases of emergency for branding stock temporarily. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 7 |
6227 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 37 | Drug 2 | Ceremonial Medicine 12 | Plant used as a Eagleway, Female Shootingway, Beautyway and Beadway emetic. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 37 |
6228 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 37 | Drug 2 | Emetic 40 | Plant used as a Eagleway, Female Shootingway, Beautyway and Beadway emetic. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 37 |
6229 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 74 | Drug 2 | Antirheumatic (External) 35 | Poultice of mashed roots applied for rheumatism. | 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 74 |
6230 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 74 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Latex rubbed on skin sores. | 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 74 |
6231 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 74 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stems used as a poor substitute for Indian hemp. | 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 74 |
6232 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Okanagon 176 | p52 55 | 42 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of roots taken for headaches and general debility. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 42 |
6233 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 48 | Drug 2 | Antirheumatic (External) 35 | Decoction of root used as a wash for rheumatism. | Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
6234 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 48 | Drug 2 | Cough Medicine 9 | Decoction of root taken for cough, especially from tuberculosis. | Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
6235 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 48 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Latex or pulverized seeds used as an antiseptic and healing agent on sores. | Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
6236 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 48 | Drug 2 | Misc. Disease Remedy 87 | Hot decoction of root taken to 'bring out the rash of measles.' | Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
6237 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 48 | Drug 2 | Snake Bite Remedy 114 | Decoction of seeds used to draw poison from snakebites. | Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
6238 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Paiute 183 | tha41 12 | 48 | Drug 2 | Tuberculosis Remedy 49 | Decoction of root taken for cough, especially from tuberculosis. | Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
6239 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 105 | Food 1 | Candy 85 | Dried sap chewed as gum. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 105 |
6240 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Paiute 183 | stew33 65 | 242 | Food 1 | Species used for food. | Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 242 | |
6241 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 70 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Stem fibers shredded to make a woman's skirt. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 70 |
6242 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 70 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Stem fibers used to make two ply string. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 70 |
6243 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 48 | Drug 2 | Antidiarrheal 68 | Decoction of root taken for 'bloody diarrhea.' | Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
6244 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 48 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Latex applied to remove corns and calluses. | Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
6245 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 48 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Latex used as an antiseptic and healing agent on sores, cuts and ringworm. | Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
6246 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 48 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Poultice of mashed root applied to swellings. | Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
6247 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Shoshoni 232 | tha41 12 | 48 | Drug 2 | Venereal Aid 46 | Latex used as an antiseptic and healing agent on syphilitic sores. | Train, Percy, James R. Henrichs and W. Andrew Archer, 1941, Medicinal Uses of Plants by Indian Tribes of Nevada, Washington DC. U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 48 |
6248 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Shoshoni 232 | m90 111 | 56 | Food 1 | Candy 85 | Milk rolled in hand and used for gum. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 56 |
6249 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Thompson 259 | p52 55 | 42 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Decoction of roots taken for headaches and general debility. | Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., page 42 |
6250 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 470 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Milky juice from stem used as face cream. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470 |
6251 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 470 | Drug 2 | Dietary Aid 268 | Decoction of root taken for 'general out-of-sorts feeling and emaciation.' | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470 |
6252 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 513 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Root poisonous in large amounts. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 513 |
6253 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 470 | Drug 2 | Tonic 69 | Decoction of root taken for 'general out-of-sorts feeling and emaciation.' | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 470 |
6254 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 165 | Fiber 4 | Clothing 73 | Cottony seed pappus formerly used for infant diapers. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 165 |
6255 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 165 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Inner bark used as a substitute for Indian hemp in making thread used for tying and binding. | Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 165 |
6256 | Asclepias speciosa Torr. 442 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 498 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Inner bark used for binding or tying. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 498 |
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CREATE TABLE uses ( id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL, species INTEGER NOT NULL, tribe INTEGER NOT NULL, source INTEGER NOT NULL, pageno TEXT NOT NULL, use_category INTEGER, use_subcategory INTEGER, notes TEXT, rawsource TEXT NOT NULL, FOREIGN KEY(use_category) REFERENCES use_categories(id), FOREIGN KEY(use_subcategory) REFERENCES use_subcategories(id), FOREIGN KEY(tribe) REFERENCES tribes(id), FOREIGN KEY(species) REFERENCES species(id), FOREIGN KEY(source) REFERENCES sources(id) );