Cucurbitaceae Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth

Missouri Gourd

Zuni - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)

Use documented by:
Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye, 1980, A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388, page 375

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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: Zuni
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Poultice of powdered seeds, flowers and saliva applied to swellings.

RECRD: 21255 id: 11638

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