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Buffalo Gourd
Cucurbita foetidissima
Buffalo Gourd · Buffalo gourd · Cabaça-de-búfalo · Calabacilla · Calabacilla loca · Calabacilla silvestre · Calabaza de burro · Calabaza del diablo · Courge des prairies · Missouri gourd · Prärie-Kürbis · bisonpumpa · buffalo gourd · buffalogourd pumpkin
At a glance
Origin / distribution: US(Tewa)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Laxative, Soap
Science studied: AMYLOSE, ASH, CALCIUM, CARBOHYDRATES
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Scientific name: Cucurbita foetidissima
Common names: Buffalo Gourd, Buffalo gourd, Cabaça-de-búfalo, Calabacilla, Calabacilla loca, Calabacilla silvestre, Calabaza de burro, Calabaza del diablo, Courge des prairies, Missouri gourd, Prärie-Kürbis, bisonpumpa, buffalo gourd, buffalogourd pumpkin
History
The source record documents this plant in US(Tewa), Elsewhere.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Laxative
- Soap
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- US(Tewa)
- Elsewhere
Documented cultural uses
- Laxative
- Soap
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- AMYLOSE
- ASH
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CUCURBITACIN-B
- CUCURBITACIN-D
- CYSTEINE
- FAT
- FIBER
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLYCINE
- HEMICELLULOSE
- ISOCUCURBITACIN-B
- LEUCINE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- LINOLENIC-ACID
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- METHIONINE
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- OLEIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTATE
- PROLINE
- PROTEIN
- SFA
- STACHYOSE
- STARCH
- TRYPTOPHAN
- TYROSINE
- WATER
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- CUCURBITACIN-E
- ISOLEUCINE
- LYSINE
- PHENYLALANINE
- POTASSIUM
- VALINE
- FOETIDISSIMOSIDE-A
- ARGININE
- ALANINE
- THREONINE
- GLUCOSE
- RAFFINOSE
- SUCROSE
- HISTIDINE
- SERINE
- STEARIC-ACID
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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