Asclepias sp.

Common names: Milkweed

Documented uses

25 uses documented
Cahuilla Drug, Analgesic 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 43)
Cahuilla Fiber, Cordage 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 43)
Cahuilla Food, Staple 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 43)
Cahuilla Food, Vegetable 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 43)
Cahuilla Other, Hunting & Fishing Item 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 43)
Delaware Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy detail... (Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1972, Folk Medicine of the Delaware and Related Algonkian Indians, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission Anthropological Papers #3, pages 39)
Delaware, Oklahoma Drug, Anticonvulsive detail... (Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, 1942, A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs, Harrisburg. Pennsylvania Historical Commission, pages 32, 74)
Jemez Food, Unspecified detail... (Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, pages 20)
Karok Food, Candy detail... (Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, pages 212)
Kiowa Food, Fruit detail... (Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, pages 47)
Kiowa Other, Cooking Tools detail... (Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, pages 47)
Kiowa Other, Decorations detail... (Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, pages 47)
Modesse Fiber, Cordage detail... (Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, pages 224)
Natchez Drug, Kidney Aid detail... (Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, pages 667)
Natchez Drug, Kidney Aid detail... (Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, pages 52)
Natchez Drug, Venereal Aid detail... (Swanton, John R, 1928, Religious Beliefs and Medical Practices of the Creek Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #42:473-672, pages 668)
Natchez Drug, Venereal Aid detail... (Taylor, Linda Averill, 1940, Plants Used As Curatives by Certain Southeastern Tribes, Cambridge, MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, pages 52)
Navajo Drug, Gastrointestinal Aid detail... (Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, pages 69)
Navajo Food, Unspecified detail... (Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, pages 69)
Neeshenam Fiber, Cordage detail... (Powers, Stephen, 1874, Aboriginal Botany, Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 5:373-9., pages 378)
Neeshenam Other, Hunting & Fishing Item detail... (Powers, Stephen, 1874, Aboriginal Botany, Proceedings of the California Academy of Science 5:373-9., pages 378)
Tewa Drug, Gynecological Aid detail... (Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, pages 54)
Tewa Fiber, Cordage detail... (Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, pages 54)
Tewa Food, Unspecified detail... (Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, pages 54)
Wintoon Fiber, Cordage detail... (Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, pages 264)

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