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id ▼ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
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6276 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Drug 2 | Analgesic 6 | Infusion of root taken with root of 'virgin's bower' for backache. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
6277 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Rubbed on warts to remove them. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
6278 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Drug 2 | Kidney Aid 3 | Plant taken for 'dropsy.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
6279 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Drug 2 | Laxative 36 | Plant taken as a laxative. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
6280 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Drug 2 | Urinary Aid 80 | Plant taken for 'gravel.' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
6281 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Drug 2 | Venereal Aid 46 | Infusion of root taken for venereal diseases. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
6282 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Drug 2 | Veterinary Aid 34 | Infusion given for 'milksick (mastitis).' | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
6283 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Plant fibers used to make bowstrings. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 44 |
6284 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 360 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Cold decoction of root added to food to produce postpartum milk flow. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 360 |
6285 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 320 | Food 1 | Appetizer 218 | Plant eaten before a feast to increase the appetite. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 320 |
6286 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 320 | Food 1 | Preserves 1 | Flowers cut up, stewed and eaten like preserves. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 320 |
6287 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Chippewa 38 | gil33 15 | 140 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Tender leaves, young green seed pods, sprouts and tops cooked as greens. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1933, Some Chippewa Uses of Plants, Ann Arbor. University of Michigan Press, page 140 |
6288 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 376 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Roots applied to whistles used for calling deer. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 376 |
6289 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 363 | Food 1 | Sprouts used in early spring for food. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, Some Native Nebraska Plants With Their Uses by the Dakota, Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society 17:358-70, page 363 | |
6290 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Iroquois 100 | p10 107 | 93 | Drug 2 | Antirheumatic (External) 35 | Stalks cooked as greens and used for rheumatism. | Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 93 |
6291 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 59 | Drug 2 | Contraceptive 126 | Infusion of dried, pulverized roots and rhizomes taken by women for temporary sterility. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 59 |
6292 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 417 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Milk used for warts, bee stings and cuts. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 417 |
6293 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 417 | Drug 2 | Gastrointestinal Aid 14 | Infusion of leaves taken as a stomach medicine. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 417 |
6294 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 417 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Compound decoction of plants taken to prevent hemorrhage after childbirth. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 417 |
6295 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 417 | Drug 2 | Kidney Aid 3 | Compound used for dropsy. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 417 |
6296 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 416 | Drug 2 | Other 18 | Compound decoction of roots taken for stricture. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 416 |
6297 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 59 | Drug 2 | Poultice of cotton applied to sick parts. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 59 | |
6298 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Iroquois 100 | p10 107 | 93 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Stalks eaten as greens in spring. | Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 93 |
6299 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 117 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Tender stems, leaves and immature flower clusters cooked and seasoned with salt, pepper or butter. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 117 |
6300 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 51 | Other 3 | Fasteners 57 | Milky juice used to mount precious stones into necklaces, earrings, collars, and bracelets. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 51 |
6301 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Menominee 138 | d32 176 | 130 | Drug 2 | Pulmonary Aid 48 | Buds eaten or decoction of root used for chest discomfort. | Densmore, Francis, 1932, Menominee Music, SI-BAE Bulletin #102, page 130 |
6302 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 74 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Outer bark used for making cords. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 74 |
6303 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 74 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | Outer bark used for sewing thread. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 74 |
6304 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Menominee 138 | s23 51 | 74 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Outer bark used for making cords for fishlines. | Smith, Huron H., 1923, Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174, page 74 |
6305 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 267 | Fiber 4 | Cordage 99 | Outer rind or bark used for thread. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 267 |
6306 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 256 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Buds used in soups. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 256 |
6307 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 256 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Buds cooked with meat or added to cornmeal mush, tastes like okra. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 256 |
6308 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 256 | Food 1 | Winter Use Food 59 | Dried buds stored away in paper bags for winter use. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 256 |
6309 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 83 | Food 1 | Cooked and used for food. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 83 | |
6310 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 357 | Drug 2 | Gynecological Aid 22 | Root used as a female remedy for unspecified ailment. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 357 |
6311 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Ojibwa 173 | ahj81 135 | 2205 | Food 1 | Young pods cooked with salt and vinegar. | Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2205 | |
6312 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 397 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Fresh flowers and shoot tips, mucilaginous like okra when cooked, used in meat soups. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 397 |
6313 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Ojibwa 173 | ahj81 135 | 2205 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Young shoots and flower buds cooked like spinach. | Arnason, Thor, Richard J. Hebda and Timothy Johns, 1981, Use of Plants for Food and Medicine by Native Peoples of Eastern Canada, Canadian Journal of Botany 59(11):2189-2325, page 2205 |
6314 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 397 | Food 1 | Winter Use Food 59 | Dried flowers, freshened in the winter time, made into soup. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 397 |
6315 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 428 | Other 3 | Hunting & Fishing Item 28 | Milk and Canada hawkweed milk used to put on a deer call to imitate the call of a hungry fawn. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 428 |
6316 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 109 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Boiled young sprouts, floral bud clusters and young, firm green fruits used for food. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
6317 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 325 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Inflorescence, before the flower buds opened, and young fruits used as greens. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 325 |
6318 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Omaha 177 | ff11 124 | 341 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Tender shoots boiled and eaten as a vegetable. | Fletcher, Alice C. and Francis La Flesche, 1911, The Omaha Tribe, SI-BAE Annual Report #27, page 341 |
6319 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Omaha 177 | g13ii 154 | 325 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Young shoots used for food like asparagus. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1913, A Study in the Ethnobotany of the Omaha Indians, Nebraska State Historical Society Collections 17:314-57., page 325 |
6320 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Omaha 177 | g19 17 | 109 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Mature stalk fiber chewed and used for popgun wadding by little boys. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
6321 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 109 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Boiled young sprouts, floral bud clusters and young, firm green fruits used for food. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
6322 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 109 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Mature stalk fiber chewed and used for popgun wadding by little boys. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
6323 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 109 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Boiled young sprouts, floral bud clusters and young, firm green fruits used for food. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
6324 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Ponca 205 | g19 17 | 109 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Mature stalk fiber chewed and used for popgun wadding by little boys. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
6325 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 42 | Drug 2 | Root used for unspecified ailments. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 42 | |
6326 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 111 | Fiber 4 | Sewing Material 102 | This and other species of the milkweed used for thread materials. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 111 |
6327 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 96 | Food 1 | Soup 56 | Flowers and buds used to thicken meat soups and to impart a very pleasing flavor to the dish. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 96 |
6328 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Rappahannock 211 | shc42 102 | 32 | Drug 2 | Dermatological Aid 8 | Milk of fresh plant applied to warts and ringworm. | 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 32 |
6329 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 109 | Food 1 | Vegetable 31 | Boiled young sprouts, floral bud clusters and young, firm green fruits used for food. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
6330 | Asclepias syriaca L. 446 | Winnebago 280 | g19 17 | 109 | Other 3 | Toys & Games 24 | Mature stalk fiber chewed and used for popgun wadding by little boys. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 109 |
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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) );