Cucurbitaceae Cucurbita sp.

Squash

Cheyenne - Drug, Laxative

Use documented by:
Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, page 24

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Scientific name: Cucurbita sp.
Common names: Squash
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Family (APG): Cucurbitaceae
Native American Tribe: Cheyenne
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Laxative
Notes: Infusion of rind taken as a laxative.

RECRD: 84777 id: 11755

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