uses
Data source: Native American Ethnobotany Database · About: NAEB
321 rows where use_subcategory = 13 sorted by id descending
This data as json, CSV (advanced)
id ▲ | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes | rawsource |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31435 | Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn 3214 | Alaska Native 4 | h53 132 | 51 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Full grown fronds poisonous to cattle. | Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 51 |
31430 | Ptelea trifoliata ssp. pallida var. pallida (Greene) V. Bailey 3212 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 229 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Leaves made into poison and used on arrow tips for hunting large game and in warfare. The leaves, which had a strong odor, were pounded up together with jimson weed, scorpions and other noxious items. It was said that even a slight scratch from an arrow so treated would insure death. | 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 229 |
30667 | Prunus serotina Ehrh. 3177 | Rappahannock 211 | shc42 102 | 26 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Infusion of bark or berries with honey used for coughs, if stale it is poisonous. | 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 26 |
29917 | Prosartes hookeri var. oregana (S. Wats.) Kartesz 3149 | Klallam 114 | g73 25 | 25 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 25 |
28931 | Polygonum hydropiper L. 3066 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Used to poison fish and infusion mixed with meal used as poultice for pain. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55 |
28891 | Polygonum aviculare L. 3057 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 55 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Used to poison fish and infusion mixed with meal used as poultice for pain. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 55 |
28696 | Podophyllum peltatum L. 3033 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 331 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Root considered poisonous. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 331 |
28682 | Podophyllum peltatum L. 3033 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 44 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Root joints considered poisonous. | 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 |
28537 | Platanthera dilatata var. dilatata 3010 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 55 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Leaves considered poisonous. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 55 |
26843 | Phytolacca americana L. 2931 | Mohegan 149 | t72 97 | 74 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Root considered poisonous. | Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, page 74 |
26838 | Phytolacca americana L. 2931 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 65 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 65 |
26803 | Phytolacca americana L. 2931 | Cherokee 32 | perry75 86 | 51 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Roots and berries considered poisonous. | Perry, Myra Jean, 1975, Food Use of 'Wild' Plants by Cherokee Indians, The University of Tennessee, M.S. Thesis, page 51 |
26537 | Phoradendron leucarpum (Raf.) Reveal & M.C. Johnston 2896 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 344 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 344 |
25590 | Pastinaca sativa L. 2764 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 86 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Root considered poisonous when taken internally. | Smith, Huron H., 1933, Ethnobotany of the Forest Potawatomi Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 7:1-230, page 86 |
25587 | Pastinaca sativa L. 2764 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 391 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Root powerful in small amounts and poisonous in large amounts. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 391 |
25545 | Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch. 2757 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 382 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 382 |
25256 | Oxytropis sp. 2723 | Blackfoot 23 | j87 146 | 40 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant poisonous to horses. | Johnston, Alex, 1987, Plants and the Blackfoot, Lethbridge, Alberta. Lethbridge Historical Society, page 40 |
25255 | Oxytropis sp. 2723 | Alaska Native 4 | h53 132 | 159 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 159 |
25241 | Oxytropis lambertii Pursh 2718 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 47 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant, in quantities, poisonous to livestock and horses. | 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 47 |
25240 | Oxytropis lambertii Pursh 2718 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 80 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant poisonous to cattle. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 80 |
24949 | Osmorhiza berteroi DC. 2692 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 277 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant 'sure to kill' if eaten. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 277 |
24905 | Orobanche fasciculata Nutt. 2682 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 6 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant poisonous to stock. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 6 |
24760 | Opuntia polyacantha Haw. 2667 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 65 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant used as a poison for hunting. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 65 |
24523 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Oweekeno 181 | c93 14 | 85 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Berries considered poisonous. | Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 85 |
24491 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Kwakiutl 121 | tb73 63 | 278 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Spines considered poisonous. | Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Southern Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, Economic Botany 27:257-310, page 278 |
24421 | Oplopanax horridus Miq. 2640 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 41 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 41 |
24398 | Onopordum acanthium L. 2636 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 476 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Decoction used for witchcraft poison. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 476 |
24238 | Oenanthe sarmentosa K. Presl ex DC. 2611 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 216 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered highly toxic. | Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 216 |
24164 | Nymphaea odorata Ait. 2599 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 110 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Roots considered poisonous. | 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 110 |
24114 | Nuphar lutea ssp. polysepala (Engelm.) E.O. Beal 2596 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 110 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Roots considered poisonous. | 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 110 |
23897 | Nicotiana quadrivalvis var. bigelovii (Torr.) DeWolf 2584 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 43 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 43 |
22407 | Marah oreganus (Torr. ex S. Wats.) T.J. Howell 2415 | Squaxin 251 | g73 25 | 48 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 48 |
22400 | Marah oreganus (Torr. ex S. Wats.) T.J. Howell 2415 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 390 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Roots and seeds considered poisonous. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 390 |
22397 | Marah oreganus (Torr. ex S. Wats.) T.J. Howell 2415 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 386 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 386 |
21828 | Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. 2370 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 383 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 383 |
21599 | Lysichiton americanus Hult‚n & St. John 2337 | Gitksan 78 | s29 9 | 52, 53 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Roots considered poisonous. | Smith, Harlan I., 1929, Materia Medica of the Bella Coola and Neighboring Tribes of British Columbia, National Museum of Canada Bulletin 56:47-68, page 52, 53 |
21540 | Lycopus virginicus L. 2331 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 426 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Roots and leaves considered poisonous. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 426 |
21528 | Lycopus asper Greene 2328 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 427 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 427 |
21484 | Lycoperdon sp. 2319 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 132 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 132 |
21483 | Lycoperdon sp. 2319 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 134 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Spores dangerous, especially harmful to the eyes. | Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 134 |
21379 | Lupinus sp. 2306 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 224 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | 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 224 |
21361 | Lupinus sericeus Pursh 2305 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 224 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | 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 224 |
21347 | Lupinus polyphyllus Lindl. 2301 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 224 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | 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 224 |
21335 | Lupinus nootkatensis Donn ex Sims 2297 | Alaska Native 4 | h53 132 | 157 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Roots considered poisonous. | Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 157 |
21308 | Lupinus arcticus S. Wats. 2286 | Eskimo, Inupiat 72 | j83 54 | 143 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Seeds considered poisonous. | Jones, Anore, 1983, Nauriat Niginaqtuat = Plants That We Eat, Kotzebue, Alaska. Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program, page 143 |
21217 | Lonicera involucrata Banks ex Spreng. 2265 | Tolowa 266 | b81 70 | 37 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | 'Not good to eat, poison.' | Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 37 |
21211 | Lonicera involucrata Banks ex Spreng. 2265 | Thompson 259 | steed28 33 | 489 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Berries considered poisonous if more than two or three eaten. | Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 489 |
21199 | Lonicera involucrata Banks ex Spreng. 2265 | Poliklah 199 | m66 109 | 173 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Berries considered poisonous. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 173 |
21195 | Lonicera involucrata Banks ex Spreng. 2265 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 94 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Berries considered poisonous. | 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 94 |
21184 | Lonicera involucrata Banks ex Spreng. 2265 | Makah 133 | g83 3 | 317 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Fruit considered poisonous. | Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 317 |
21037 | Lomatium nuttallii (Gray) J.F. Macbr. 2247 | Creek 59 | swan28 128 | 667 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous if eaten in winter. | Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, page 667 |
20850 | Lomatium dissectum var. multifidum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2237 | Montana Indian 151 | b05 73 | 14 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Young sprouts eaten, but poisonous to stock in early spring. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 14 |
20782 | Lomatium dissectum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2235 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 66 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Strong infusion or decoction of roots considered poisonous. | 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 66 |
20781 | Lomatium dissectum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2235 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 66 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Purple shoots considered poisonous. | 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 66 |
20780 | Lomatium dissectum (Nutt.) Mathias & Constance 2235 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 66 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Mature tops and roots considered poisonous. | 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 66 |
20251 | Ligusticum scoticum ssp. hultenii (Fern.) Calder & Taylor 2182 | Eskimo, Western 75 | l59 177 | 60 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Mature plant in late summer considered mildly poisonous. | Lantis, Margaret, 1959, Folk Medicine and Hygiene, Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska 8:1-75, page 60 |
19883 | Ledum palustre ssp. decumbens (Ait.) Hult‚n 2127 | Eskimo, Inupiat 72 | j83 54 | 60 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant contains ledol, a poisonous substance known to cause cramps, diarrhea and paralysis. | Jones, Anore, 1983, Nauriat Niginaqtuat = Plants That We Eat, Kotzebue, Alaska. Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program, page 60 |
19854 | Ledum palustre L. 2126 | Eskimo, Inupiat 72 | j83 54 | 60 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant contains ledol, a poisonous substance known to cause cramps, diarrhea and paralysis. | Jones, Anore, 1983, Nauriat Niginaqtuat = Plants That We Eat, Kotzebue, Alaska. Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program, page 60 |
19702 | Lathyrus japonicus var. maritimus (L.) Kartesz & Gandhi 2108 | Eskimo, Inupiat 72 | j83 54 | 141 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Peas considered poisonous. | Jones, Anore, 1983, Nauriat Niginaqtuat = Plants That We Eat, Kotzebue, Alaska. Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program, page 141 |
19283 | Kalmia polifolia Wangenh. 2073 | Hesquiat 92 | te82 41 | 65 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Leaves could be poisonous and should never be used to make tea. | Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 65 |
19274 | Kalmia latifolia L. 2071 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 52 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 52 |
19272 | Kalmia latifolia L. 2071 | Cree, Hudson Bay 56 | h84 83 | 303 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Holmes, E.M., 1884, Medicinal Plants Used by Cree Indians, Hudson's Bay Territory, The Pharmaceutical Journal and Transactions 15:302-304, page 303 |
19260 | Kalmia angustifolia L. 2070 | Montagnais 150 | s17 103 | 314 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Leaves considered poisonous. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 314 |
19256 | Kalmia angustifolia L. 2070 | Micmac 141 | s17 103 | 316 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered very poisonous. | Speck, Frank G., 1917, Medicine Practices of the Northeastern Algonquians, Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Americanists Pp. 303-321, page 316 |
19246 | Kalmia angustifolia L. 2070 | Algonquin, Tete-de-Boule 8 | ray45 113 | 129 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Infusion of leaves taken in great quantities caused death. | Raymond, Marcel., 1945, Notes Ethnobotaniques Sur Les Tete-De-Boule De Manouan, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:113-134, page 129 |
19244 | Kalmia angustifolia L. 2070 | Algonquin, Quebec 7 | b80 67 | 215 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Black, Meredith Jean, 1980, Algonquin Ethnobotany: An Interpretation of Aboriginal Adaptation in South Western Quebec, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series Number 65, page 215 |
19009 | Juniperus scopulorum Sarg. 2062 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 19 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Berries believed to be poisonous. | 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 19 |
18247 | Juglans nigra L. 2034 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 61 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | 'Bark used cautiously in medicine because it is poisonous.' | 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 |
18068 | Iris versicolor L. 2017 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 175 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 175 |
18067 | Iris versicolor L. 2017 | Abnaki 1 | r47 84 | 155 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1947, Ethnobotanique Abenakise, Archives de Folklore 11:145-182, page 155 |
18055 | Iris setosa Pallas ex Link 2012 | Eskimo, Inupiat 72 | j83 54 | 140 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Whole plant considered poisonous. | Jones, Anore, 1983, Nauriat Niginaqtuat = Plants That We Eat, Kotzebue, Alaska. Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program, page 140 |
17615 | Hymenoxys richardsonii var. richardsonii 1954 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 47 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Toxic to livestock, especially sheep. | 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 47 |
17607 | Hymenoxys richardsonii var. floribunda (Gray) Parker 1953 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 48 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous to sheep. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 48 |
17398 | Hordeum jubatum L. 1908 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 16 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous and children taught to avoid it. | 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 16 |
17003 | Heterotheca villosa var. minor (Hook.) Semple 1863 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 25 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant, when touched, caused a skin irritation similar to ant bites. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 25 |
16840 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Karok 105 | sg52 71 | 387 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Roots poisonous to cattle. | Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 387 |
16809 | Heracleum maximum Bartr. 1851 | Cree 54 | b41 145 | 491 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Beardsley, Gretchen, 1941, Notes on Cree Medicines, Based on Collections Made by I. Cowie in 1892., Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters 28:483-496, page 491 |
16534 | Helenium autumnale L. 1814 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 215 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant known to be poisonous to cattle. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 215 |
16515 | Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenziei (Richards.) Welsh 1811 | Tanana, Upper 255 | k85 36 | 14 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Kari, Priscilla Russe, 1985, Upper Tanana Ethnobotany, Anchorage. Alaska Historical Commission, page 14 |
16514 | Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenziei (Richards.) Welsh 1811 | Eskimo, Inupiat 72 | j83 54 | 142 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Roots considered poisonous. | Jones, Anore, 1983, Nauriat Niginaqtuat = Plants That We Eat, Kotzebue, Alaska. Maniilaq Association Traditional Nutrition Program, page 142 |
16513 | Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenziei (Richards.) Welsh 1811 | Alaska Native 4 | h53 132 | 155 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Heller, Christine A., 1953, Edible and Poisonous Plants of Alaska, University of Alaska, page 155 |
16394 | Hackelia floribunda (Lehm.) I.M. Johnston 1794 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 40, 41 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | 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 40, 41 |
16392 | Hackelia floribunda (Lehm.) I.M. Johnston 1794 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 33 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Prickles from fruit caused skin irritation and swelling. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 33 |
15492 | Galium boreale L. 1684 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 68 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 68 |
15466 | Galium aparine L. 1682 | Cowlitz 53 | g73 25 | 46 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Gunther, Erna, 1973, Ethnobotany of Western Washington, Seattle. University of Washington Press. Revised edition, page 46 |
15353 | Fritillaria atropurpurea Nutt. 1667 | Ute 272 | c09 142 | 34 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Decoction of bulbs and roots in large quantities regarded dangerously poisonous. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1909, Some Plant Names of the Ute Indians, American Anthropologist 11:27-40, page 34 |
15141 | Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper 1648 | West Coast Indian 277 | r34 200 | 133 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Infusion of root bark or bark taken in large doses caused death. | Reagan, Albert, 1934, Various Uses of Plants by West Coast Indians, Washington Historical Quarterly 25:133-37, page 133 |
15087 | Frangula purshiana (DC.) Cooper 1648 | Flathead 76 | b05 73 | 21 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Fruit considered poisonous. | Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 21 |
15068 | Frangula californica ssp. californica 1644 | Pomo 200 | g67 80 | 14 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Berries considered poisonous. | Gifford, E. W., 1967, Ethnographic Notes on the Southwestern Pomo, Anthropological Records 25:10-15, page 14 |
14645 | Evernia sp. 1598 | Modesse 145 | m66 109 | 225 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant used for poison on stone arrow tips. | Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 225 |
14611 | Euphorbia marginata Pursh 1591 | Pawnee 190 | g19 17 | 99 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 99 |
14505 | Eupatorium perfoliatum L. 1580 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 457 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant put in enemy's liquor flask to kill him. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 457 |
14377 | Eschscholzia californica Cham. 1567 | Mahuna 131 | r54 5 | 34 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 34 |
14372 | Eschscholzia californica Cham. 1567 | Costanoan 50 | b84 16 | 9 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | 'Plant avoided by pregnant or lactating women as smell may be poisonous.' | Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 9 |
13759 | Erigeron grandiflorus Hook. 1476 | Gosiute 79 | c11 38 | 368 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Roots used for arrow poison. | Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 368 |
13633 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. latisquamea (Gray) Nesom & Baird 1453 | Isleta 101 | j31 76 | 26 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Wood used to make poisonous war arrows. | Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 26 |
13475 | Equisetum sp. 1428 | Aleut 5 | bt53 130 | 428 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Decoction of plant fed to hated guest as a magical poison. | Bank, II, Theodore P., 1953, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies in the Aleutian Islands II. Health and Medical Lore of the Aleuts, Botanical and Ethnobotanical Studies Papers, Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, page 428 |
12880 | Echinocereus coccineus Engelm. 1356 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 64 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant considered poisonous. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 64 |
12589 | Dipsacus fullonum L. 1316 | Iroquois 100 | h77 7 | 450 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Powdered roots considered poisonous. | Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 450 |
12454 | Dichanthelium oligosanthes var. oligosanthes 1289 | Lakota 125 | r80 108 | 30 | Drug 2 | Poison 13 | Plant poisonous to horses. | 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 30 |
Advanced export
JSON shape: default, array, newline-delimited, object
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) );