BRIT - Native American Ethnobotany Database

Opuntia polyacantha Haw.

Common names: Plains Pricklypear
Species details (USDA): USDA OPPOP

Documented uses

46 uses documented
Cheyenne Food, Cooking Agent detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 39)
Cheyenne Food, Dried Food detail... (Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, pages 16)
Cheyenne Food, Fruit detail... (Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, pages 180)
Cheyenne Food, Fruit detail... (Hart, Jeffrey A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Northern Cheyenne Indians of Montana, Journal of Ethnopharmacology 4:1-55, pages 16)
Cheyenne Food, Soup detail... (Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, pages 180)
Cheyenne Food, Winter Use Food detail... (Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, pages 180)
Crow Dye, Mordant detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 39)
Flathead Drug, Analgesic detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 39)
Flathead Drug, Antidiarrheal detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 39)
Gosiute Food, Unspecified detail... (Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., pages 375)
Hopi Food, Fruit detail... (Nequatewa, Edmund, 1943, Some Hopi Recipes for the Preparation of Wild Plant Foods, Plateau 18:18-20, pages 18)
Hopi Food, Unspecified detail... (Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, pages 85)
Keres, Western Food, Winter Use Food detail... (Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, pages 57)
Montana Indian Food, Dried Food detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 39)
Montana Indian Food, Fodder detail... (Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, pages 17)
Montana Indian Food, Fruit detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 39)
Montana Indian Food, Fruit detail... (Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, pages 17)
Montana Indian Food, Preserves detail... (Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, pages 17)
Montana Indian Food, Unspecified detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 39)
Montana Indian Food, Unspecified detail... (Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, pages 17)
Navajo Drug, Poison detail... (Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, pages 65)
Navajo Dye, Red detail... (Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, pages 65)
Navajo Dye, Red detail... (Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, pages 65)
Navajo Other, Fasteners detail... (Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, pages 65)
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 92)
Okanagan-Colville Drug, Diuretic detail... (Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 92)
Okanagan-Colville Food, Soup detail... (Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 92)
Okanagan-Colville Food, Unspecified detail... (Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 92)
Okanagan-Colville Other, Hunting & Fishing Item detail... (Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 92)
Okanagan-Colville Other, Season Indicator detail... (Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, pages 92)
Okanagon Food, Unspecified detail... (Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., pages 36)
Paiute, Northern Food, Unspecified detail... (Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, pages 49)
San Felipe Food, Unspecified detail... (Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, pages 36)
San Felipe Food, Winter Use Food detail... (Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, pages 36)
Sanpoil and Nespelem Food, Dried Food detail... (Ray, Verne F., 1932, The Sanpoil and Nespelem: Salishan Peoples of Northeastern Washington, University of Washington Publications in Anthropology, Vol. 5, pages 103)
Sioux Drug, Dermatological Aid detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 39)
Sioux Dye, Mordant detail... (Hart, Jeff, 1992, Montana Native Plants and Early Peoples, Helena. Montana Historical Society Press, pages 39)
Thompson Food, Dessert detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 194)
Thompson Food, Starvation Food detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 194)
Thompson Food, Unspecified detail... (Perry, F., 1952, Ethno-Botany of the Indians in the Interior of British Columbia, Museum and Art Notes 2(2):36-43., pages 36)
Thompson Food, Unspecified detail... (Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, pages 480)
Thompson Food, Unspecified detail... (Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, pages 480)
Thompson Food, Unspecified detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 194)
Thompson Food, Winter Use Food detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 194)
Thompson Other, Fasteners detail... (Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, pages 194)
Thompson Other, Jewelry detail... (Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, pages 498)