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id | species | tribe | source | pageno | use_category | use_subcategory | notes ▲ | rawsource |
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3419 | Angelica arguta Nutt. 258 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 56 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Young stems eaten and used to flavor salmon heated with dried bread over an open fire. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 56 |
6694 | Atriplex nuttallii S. Wats. 509 | Pima 193 | c35 19 | 18 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Young stems and flower heads used as flavoring. | 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 18 |
9375 | Chenopodium album L. 894 | Cherokee 32 | w77 161 | 253 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Young growth mixed with mustard leaves, morning glory leaves or potato leaves for flavoring. | Witthoft, John, 1977, Cherokee Indian Use of Potherbs, Journal of Cherokee Studies 2(2):250-255, page 253 |
2638 | Alnus sp. 174 | Paiute 183 | m53 98 | 64 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Wood used to smoke deer meat when a smoke flavor was not wanted. | Mahar, James Michael., 1953, Ethnobotany of the Oregon Paiutes of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation, Reed College, B.A. Thesis, page 64 |
8398 | Carya sp. 769 | Cherokee 32 | perry75 86 | 40 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Wood ash, salt and black pepper used to cure pork. | Perry, Myra Jean, 1975, Food Use of 'Wild' Plants by Cherokee Indians, The University of Tennessee, M.S. Thesis, page 40 |
28940 | Polygonum hydropiper L. 3066 | Iroquois 100 | r45ii 59 | 40 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Whole plant, except the roots, used by older people as pepper. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1945, Le Folklore Botanique De Caughnawaga, Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:7-72, page 40 |
5269 | Artemisia frigida Willd. 397 | Hopi 95 | vest40 126 | 167 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used with sweet corn when roasting. | 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 167 |
35172 | Rumex acetosella L. 3480 | Iroquois 100 | w16 112 | 113 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used with salt in a brine for cucumbers. | Waugh, F. W., 1916, Iroquis Foods and Food Preparation, Ottawa. Canada Department of Mines, page 113 |
28315 | Piper nigrum L. 2981 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 48 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used to season food. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 48 |
20238 | Ligusticum scoticum L. 2181 | Anticosti 9 | r46 150 | 67 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used to season fish or salads. | Rousseau, Jacques, 1946, Notes Sur L'ethnobotanique D'anticosti, Archives de Folklore 1:60-71, page 67 |
26029 | Perideridia gairdneri ssp. gairdneri 2832 | Blackfoot 23 | m09 42 | 274 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used to flavor stews. | McClintock, Walter, 1909, Medizinal- Und Nutzpflanzen Der Schwarzfuss Indianer, Zeitschriff fur Ethnologie 41:273-9, page 274 |
20354 | Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume 2198 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 56 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used to flavor opossum or ground hog. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 56 |
23275 | Monarda fistulosa ssp. fistulosa var. menthifolia (Graham) Fern. 2505 | San Ildefonso 223 | rhf16 61 | 57 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used to flavor meat during cooking. | Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 57 |
22816 | Mentha spicata L. 2445 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 48 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used to flavor foods. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 48 |
22851 | Mentha ?piperita L. (pro sp.) [aquatica ? spicata] 2442 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 48 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used to flavor foods. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 48 |
7994 | Capsicum annuum var. annuum 725 | Pima 193 | cb42 160 | 121 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used for seasoning. | Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1942, Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition., page 121 |
28316 | Piper nigrum L. 2981 | Haisla and Hanaksiala 87 | c93 14 | 259 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used for seasoning. | 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 259 |
7491 | Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch 618 | Hoh 94 | r36 77 | 61 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used for flavoring. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 61 |
7505 | Brassica nigra (L.) W.D.J. Koch 618 | Quileute 209 | r36 77 | 61 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used for flavoring. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 61 |
23453 | Moricandia arvensis (L.) DC. 2526 | Hoh 94 | r36 77 | 61 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used for flavoring. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 61 |
23457 | Moricandia arvensis (L.) DC. 2526 | Quileute 209 | r36 77 | 61 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used for flavoring. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 61 |
38072 | Sinapis alba L. 3689 | Hoh 94 | r36 77 | 62 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used for flavoring. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 62 |
38076 | Sinapis alba L. 3689 | Quileute 209 | r36 77 | 62 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used for flavoring. | Reagan, Albert B., 1936, Plants Used by the Hoh and Quileute Indians, Kansas Academy of Science 37:55-70, page 62 |
2124 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 70 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used for flavoring before the introduction of the cultivated onion. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 70 |
2190 | Allium geyeri S. Wats. 147 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 70 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used for flavoring before the introduction of the cultivated onion. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 70 |
25621 | Pectis angustifolia Torr. 2766 | Pueblo 207 | c35 19 | 38 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used as seasoning. | 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 38 |
25626 | Pectis papposa Harvey & Gray 2767 | Pueblo 207 | c35 19 | 38 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used as seasoning. | 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 38 |
25607 | Pectis angustifolia Torr. 2766 | Acoma 2 | c35 19 | 38 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used as seasoning to counteract the taste of tainted meat. | 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 38 |
25617 | Pectis angustifolia Torr. 2766 | Laguna 124 | c35 19 | 38 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used as seasoning to counteract the taste of tainted meat. | 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 38 |
22697 | Mentha arvensis L. 2443 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 40 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used as flavoring with meats or corn meal mush. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 40 |
10741 | Coriandrum sativum L. 1086 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 86 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used as flavoring in cooking. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 86 |
2226 | Allium schoenoprasum L. 158 | Eskimo, Inuktitut 71 | w78 64 | 182 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used as a soup condiment. | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 182 |
8989 | Cetraria crispa (Ach.) Nyl. 846 | Eskimo, Inuktitut 71 | w78 64 | 183 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used as a soup condiment. | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 183 |
5605 | Artemisia tridentata Nutt. 407 | Apache, White Mountain 15 | r29 45 | 155 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used as a seasoning. | Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 155 |
10320 | Cleome serrulata Pursh 1026 | Navajo 157 | h56 141 | 149 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used as a seasoning. | Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 149 |
13105 | Encelia frutescens var. resinosa M.E. Jones ex Blake 1396 | Navajo, Kayenta 158 | wh51 106 | 47 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used as a seasoning for broth. | Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 47 |
25612 | Pectis angustifolia Torr. 2766 | Hopi 95 | w39 37 | 97 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used as a flavoring. | Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 97 |
33831 | Rorippa islandica (Oeder) Borb s 3411 | Eskimo, Inuktitut 71 | w78 64 | 185 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used as a condiment in fish soup. | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 185 |
39408 | Taraxacum sp. 3896 | Eskimo, Inuktitut 71 | w78 64 | 185 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Used as a condiment in fish soup. | Wilson, Michael R., 1978, Notes on Ethnobotany in Inuktitut, The Western Canadian Journal of Anthropology 8:180-196, page 185 |
20284 | Lilium columbianum hort. ex Baker 2184 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 126 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Thick, scaly bulbs eaten mainly as a condiment or cooked with food to add a pepper like flavoring. | 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 126 |
20962 | Lomatium macrocarpum (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Coult. & Rose 2243 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 31 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Sweet seed used to flavor tea and pinole. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 31 |
3715 | Apium sp. 292 | Shoshoni 232 | m90 111 | 29 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Steeped seeds added to dishes for flavoring. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 29 |
5180 | Artemisia dracunculus L. 395 | Shoshoni 232 | m90 111 | 29 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Steeped seeds added to dishes for flavoring. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 29 |
6566 | Astragalus sp. 496 | Shoshoni 232 | m90 111 | 29 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Steeped seeds added to dishes for flavoring. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 29 |
25049 | Osmorhiza occidentalis (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Torr. 2697 | Shoshoni 232 | m90 111 | 29 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Steeped seeds added to dishes for flavoring. | Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 29 |
27553 | Pinus edulis Engelm. 2959 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 205 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Sprigs placed in the cooking pit with porcupine, bobcat or badger to improve the taste of the meat. | 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 205 |
27811 | Pinus monophylla Torr. & Fr‚m. 2965 | Havasupai 89 | ws85 2 | 205 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Sprigs placed in the cooking pit with porcupine, bobcat or badger to improve the taste of the meat. | 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 205 |
19880 | Ledum palustre ssp. decumbens (Ait.) Hult‚n 2127 | Eskimo, Alaska 67 | aa80 152 | 37 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Sprigs added to tea to give it flavor. | Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 37 |
32155 | Quercus grisea Liebm. 3267 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 51 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Shaved root chips used to flavor drinks. | 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 51 |
13657 | Ericameria nauseosa ssp. nauseosa var. nauseosa 1454 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 20 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Sharpened twig, stripped of bark and leaves, threaded with pinyon nuts to improve their flavor. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 20 |
10743 | Coriandrum sativum L. 1086 | Keresan 108 | w45 90 | 560 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Seeds used to flavor soups and stews. | White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 560 |
26053 | Perideridia kelloggii (Gray) Mathias 2833 | Mendocino Indian 137 | c02 89 | 372 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Seeds used to flavor pinole. | Chestnut, V. K., 1902, Plants Used by the Indians of Mendocino County, California, Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 7:295-408., page 372 |
43599 | Wyethia angustifolia (DC.) Nutt. 4199 | Yuki 287 | c57ii 69 | 85 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Seeds used to flavor pinole. | Curtin, L. S. M., 1957, Some Plants Used by the Yuki Indians ... II. Food Plants, The Masterkey 31:85-94, page 85 |
38793 | Sporobolus giganteus Nash 3808 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 365 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Seeds used as flavoring for corn meal. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 365 |
11562 | Cucumis melo L. 1157 | Keresan 108 | w45 90 | 560 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Seeds ground on metate to remove the hulls & used to flavor various foods, especially rabbit stews. | White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 560 |
36376 | Salvia carduacea Benth. 3556 | Diegueno 65 | hedges86 85 | 41 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Seeds added to wheat to improve the flavor. | Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 41 |
36388 | Salvia columbariae Benth. 3557 | Diegueno 65 | hedges86 85 | 41 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Seeds added to wheat to improve the flavor. | Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 41 |
8256 | Carum carvi L. 761 | Cree, Woodlands 58 | l85 47 | 34 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Seeds added as a flavoring to bannock. | Leighton, Anna L., 1985, Wild Plant Use by the Woods Cree (Nihithawak) of East-Central Saskatchewan, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 34 |
11133 | Cornus sericea ssp. sericea 1102 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 61 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Scraped wood, tasted like salt, used for barbecuing meat. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 61 |
29570 | Populus tremuloides Michx. 3106 | Apache, Mescalero 12 | b74 52 | 50 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Sap used as flavoring for wild strawberries. | Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 50 |
5328 | Artemisia ludoviciana Nutt. 399 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 47 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Sage used to flavor meats. | 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 47 |
20965 | Lomatium macrocarpum (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Coult. & Rose 2243 | Shuswap 233 | palmer75 92 | 57 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Roots used to flavor dried salmon heated with dried bread over an open fire. | Palmer, Gary, 1975, Shuswap Indian Ethnobotany, Syesis 8:29-51, page 57 |
6038 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Ojibwa 173 | smith32 20 | 397 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Roots processed in lye water and used to season food and take muddy taste away from fish. | Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 397 |
28818 | Polygonatum biflorum (Walt.) Ell. 3048 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 56 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Roots ground and used as salt. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 56 |
20976 | Lomatium macrocarpum (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Coult. & Rose 2243 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 155 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Roots cooked with meat stews, saskatoon berries or tiger lily bulbs as a flavoring. | 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 155 |
29940 | Prosopis glandulosa Torr. 3153 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 51 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Root used to flavor drinks and make them stronger. | 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 51 |
6030 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 255 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Root used to cook with an animal that had died, to remove the danger of ptomaine poisoning. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 255 |
6029 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Meskwaki 139 | smith28 21 | 255 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Root used as seasoning for mud catfish, to destroy the mud taste and to render them palatable. | Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 255 |
5977 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Chippewa 38 | d28 4 | 318 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Root used as an appetizer in all cooked foods. | Densmore, Frances, 1928, Uses of Plants by the Chippewa Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #44:273-379, page 318 |
6040 | Asarum canadense L. 421 | Potawatomi 206 | smith33 43 | 96 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Root flavored meat or fish and rendered otherwise inedible food, palatable. | 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 |
14556 | Eupatorium purpureum L. 1582 | Cherokee 32 | perry75 86 | 33 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Root ash used as salt. | Perry, Myra Jean, 1975, Food Use of 'Wild' Plants by Cherokee Indians, The University of Tennessee, M.S. Thesis, page 33 |
4938 | Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (L.) H.E. Robins. 381 | Cherokee 32 | hc75 1 | 58 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Powdered leaves used as seasoning. | Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 58 |
37234 | Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees 3589 | Choctaw 39 | bd09 118 | 8 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Pounded, dry leaves added to soup for flavor. | Bushnell, Jr., David I., 1909, The Choctaw of Bayou Lacomb, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, SI-BAE Bulletin #48, page 8 |
6551 | Astragalus sp. 496 | Cahuilla 24 | bs72 31 | 44 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Pounded seeds mixed with other foods and used as a spice. | Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 44 |
41414 | Typha latifolia L. 4049 | Yuma 288 | cb51 125 | 207 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Pollen used as flavoring. | Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 207 |
22539 | Medicago sativa L. 2428 | Okanagan-Colville 175 | tbk80 32 | 105 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plants placed above and below black tree lichen and camas in cooking pits for the sweet flavor. | 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 105 |
6669 | Atriplex coronata S. Wats. 505 | Pima 193 | r08 104 | 69 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plants boiled with other foods for their salty flavor. | Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 69 |
6672 | Atriplex elegans (Moq.) D. Dietr. 506 | Pima 193 | r08 104 | 69 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plants boiled with other foods for their salty flavor. | Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 69 |
6722 | Atriplex serenana A. Nels. 516 | Pima 193 | r08 104 | 69 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plants boiled with other foods for their salty flavor. | Russell, Frank, 1908, The Pima Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390, page 69 |
6379 | Asclepias viridiflora Raf. 449 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 101 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plant used to spice soups. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 101 |
25909 | Penstemon fruticosus (Pursh) Greene 2808 | Thompson 259 | tta90 10 | 286 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plant used in pit cooking nodding onions. | 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 286 |
27341 | Piloblephis rigida (Bartr. ex Benth.) Raf. 2944 | Seminole 228 | s54 88 | 482 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plant used for soup flavoring. | Sturtevant, William, 1954, The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices, Yale University, PhD Thesis, page 482 |
6659 | Atriplex confertifolia (Torr. & Fr‚m.) S. Wats. 504 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 293 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plant used as flavoring with meat or other vegetables. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 293 |
6698 | Atriplex obovata Moq. 510 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 293 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plant used as flavoring with meat or other vegetables. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 293 |
12349 | Descurainia pinnata (Walt.) Britt. 1271 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 310 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plant used as flavoring with meat or other vegetables. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 310 |
25616 | Pectis angustifolia Torr. 2766 | Keres, Western 107 | swank32 79 | 58 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plant used as a seasoning for meat, to kill the tainted taste. | Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 58 |
11846 | Cymopterus purpureus S. Wats. 1189 | Navajo 157 | e44 74 | 67 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plant used as a potherb in seasoning mush and soup. | Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 67 |
21276 | Lotus unifoliolatus var. unifoliolatus 2278 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 39 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plant used as a mat for the juniper cake which improves the taste of the cake. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 39 |
9802 | Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus (Hook.) Nutt. 935 | Hopi 95 | c74 82 | 302 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plant used as a herb. | Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 302 |
22685 | Mentha arvensis L. 2443 | Malecite 134 | mech59 93 | 250 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plant used as a flavoring in soup. | Mechling, W.H., 1959, The Malecite Indians With Notes on the Micmacs, Anthropologica 8:239-263, page 250 |
22639 | Mentha arvensis L. 2443 | Dakota 61 | g19 17 | 112 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plant used as a flavor in cooking meat. | Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 112 |
22638 | Mentha arvensis L. 2443 | Dakota 61 | g13i 91 | 363 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plant used as a flavor for meat. | 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 |
21267 | Lotus procumbens (Greene) Greene 2274 | Kawaiisu 106 | z81 60 | 38 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Plant added to the dry pine needles spread as a layer in the pit roasting of the yucca. | Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 38 |
41612 | Ulva lactuca L. 4055 | Pomo, Kashaya 202 | gl80 40 | 127 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Peppery seaweed used as flavoring with other seaweeds. | Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 127 |
7991 | Capsicum annuum var. annuum 725 | Navajo, Ramah 159 | v52 18 | 42 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Pepper used extensively as a condiment in soups and stews. | 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 42 |
30720 | Prunus virginiana L. 3181 | Blackfoot 23 | h74 26 | 104 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Peeled sticks inserted into roasting meat as a spice. | Hellson, John C., 1974, Ethnobotany of the Blackfoot Indians, Ottawa. National Museums of Canada. Mercury Series, page 104 |
2100 | Allium cernuum Roth 141 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 47 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Onions used to flavor soups and gravies. | 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 47 |
2188 | Allium geyeri S. Wats. 147 | Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero 11 | co36 95 | 47 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Onions used to flavor soups and gravies. | 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 47 |
7958 | Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. 723 | Cherokee 32 | w77 161 | 253 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Mixed into other greens for flavoring. | Witthoft, John, 1977, Cherokee Indian Use of Potherbs, Journal of Cherokee Studies 2(2):250-255, page 253 |
8434 | Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh. 774 | Iroquois 100 | p10 107 | 99 | Food 1 | Spice 86 | Meats dried, pounded into flour and mixed with bread for flavoring. | Parker, Arthur Caswell, 1910, Iroquois Uses of Maize and Other Food Plants, Albany, NY. University of the State of New York, page 99 |
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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) );