Allium cepa L.
Common names: Garden Onion
Species details (USDA):
USDA ALCEC
Documented uses
16 uses documented
Haisla and Hanaksiala
Food, Vegetable
detail...
(Compton, Brian Douglas,
1993,
Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants...,
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia,
pages 194)
Havasupai
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman,
1985,
Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture,
Tucson. The University of Arizona Press,
pages 212)
Iroquois
Dye, Green
detail...
(Rousseau, Jacques,
1945,
Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres,
Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111,
pages 104)
Iroquois
Dye, Yellow
detail...
(Rousseau, Jacques,
1945,
Le Folklore Botanique De L'ile Aux Coudres,
Contributions de l'Institut botanique l'Universite de Montreal 55:75-111,
pages 104)
Mohegan
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey,
1945,
Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians,
Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123,
pages 120)
Navajo
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Elmore, Francis H.,
1944,
Ethnobotany of the Navajo,
Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research,
pages 31)
Navajo
Food, Winter Use Food
detail...
(Elmore, Francis H.,
1944,
Ethnobotany of the Navajo,
Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research,
pages 31)
Navajo, Ramah
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Vestal, Paul A.,
1952,
The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho,
Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94,
pages 20)
Neeshenam
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Powers, Stephen,
1874,
Aboriginal Botany,
Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 5:373-9.,
pages 377)
Oweekeno
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Compton, Brian Douglas,
1993,
Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants...,
Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia,
pages 77)
Seminole
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Sturtevant, William,
1954,
The Mikasuki Seminole: Medical Beliefs and Practices,
Yale University, PhD Thesis,
pages 505)
Shinnecock
Drug, Cold Remedy
detail...
(Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey,
1945,
Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians,
Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123,
pages 120)
Shinnecock
Drug, Disinfectant
detail...
(Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey,
1945,
Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians,
Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123,
pages 120)
Shinnecock
Drug, Ear Medicine
detail...
(Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey,
1945,
Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians,
Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123,
pages 120)
Shinnecock
Drug, Febrifuge
detail...
(Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey,
1945,
Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians,
Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123,
pages 120)
Shinnecock
Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
detail...
(Carr, Lloyd G. and Carlos Westey,
1945,
Surviving Folktales & Herbal Lore Among the Shinnecock Indians,
Journal of American Folklore 58:113-123,
pages 120)