Cucurbitaceae Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth

Missouri Gourd

Kawaiisu - Other, Soap

Use documented by:
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 22

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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: Kawaiisu
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Soap
Notes: Gourds used as soap when washing clothes.

RECRD: 4197 id: 11606

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