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Rick
06-02-2010, 08:43 AM
Here's a link to the Native American Ethnobotany database. It's a little tricky to use but it has a ton of information. Plug in the name of the plant you are looking for and you'll get a ton of Native American uses. If you click on the link in the name it will take you to the USDA plant database for a picture of the plant. Pretty cool.

http://herb.umd.umich.edu/

There is also a book by the same name.

http://www.amazon.com/Native-American-Ethnobotany-Daniel-Moerman/dp/0881924539

crashdive123
06-02-2010, 12:14 PM
Good stuff - thanks.

your_comforting_company
06-02-2010, 05:06 PM
Awesome. That went straight in my favorites folder!

sthrnstrong
06-03-2010, 12:03 AM
Great site with great info...Thanks

Pocomoonskyeyes3
06-10-2010, 05:05 PM
Thanks Rick!! I bookmarked it, so I can look it over later.

grrlscout
06-14-2010, 04:53 PM
Very cool, thanks! I just found a Pima dish that uses mesquite beans and barrel cactus fruits.

"[barrel cactus] Fruits cut into pieces and boiled with mesquite pods."

Though other entries say to use the plants, rather than the fruit.

Nonetheless I'll be wasting a lot of company time browsing through it.