Cucurbitaceae Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.

Bottle Gourd

Papago - Other, Musical Instrument

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 68

View all documented uses for Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.

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Scientific name: Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.
USDA symbol: LASI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Bottle Gourd
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Family (APG): Cucurbitaceae
Native American Tribe: Papago
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Musical Instrument
Notes: Fruits dried, freed of seeds and pulp and used as rattles.

RECRD: 43665 id: 19443

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