Malva sp.
Common names: Mallow
Documented uses
4 uses documented
Cahuilla
Food, Unspecified
detail...
(Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel,
1972,
Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants,
Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press,
pages 88)
Mahuna
Drug, Kidney Aid
detail...
(Romero, John Bruno,
1954,
The Botanical Lore of the California Indians,
New York. Vantage Press, Inc.,
pages 70)
Papago
Food, Starvation Food
detail...
(Russell, Frank,
1908,
The Pima Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390,
pages 76)
Tewa
Drug, Analgesic
detail...
(Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco,
1916,
Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians,
SI-BAE Bulletin #55,
pages 70, 71)