Cucurbitaceae Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth

Missouri Gourd

Isleta - Drug, Pulmonary Aid

Use documented by:
Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 27

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Scientific name: Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth
USDA symbol: CUFO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Missouri Gourd
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Family (APG): Cucurbitaceae
Native American Tribe: Isleta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Pulmonary Aid
Notes: Decoction of roots used for chest pains.

RECRD: 30605 id: 11604

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