Cucurbitaceae Cucumis melo L.

Cantaloupe

Hopi - Other, Ceremonial Items

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 93

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Scientific name: Cucumis melo L.
USDA symbol: CUME (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Cantaloupe
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Family (APG): Cucurbitaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Seeds mixed with juniper charcoal and water and made into a ceremonial body paint.

RECRD: 41511 id: 11556

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