Search for Digitaria found 11 matches:

Digitaria cognata (J.A. Schultes) Pilger
Carolina Crabgrass; Poaceae
Hopi Food (Staple)
Seeds ground into meal.
Vestal, Paul A 1940 Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891. Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168 (p. 158)


Digitaria cognata (J.A. Schultes) Pilger
Carolina Crabgrass; Poaceae
Hopi Food (Staple)
Seeds ground into meal.
Vestal, Paul A 1940 Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891. Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168 (p. 158)


Digitaria cognata var. cognata
Fall Witchgrass; Poaceae
Hopi Food (Staple)
Seeds ground into meal.
Vestal, Paul A 1940 Notes on a Collection of Plants from the Hopi Indian Region of Arizona Made by J. G. Owens in 1891. Botanical Museum Leaflets (Harvard University) 8(8):153-168 (p. 158)


Digitaria setigera Roth ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes
East Indian Crabgrass; Poaceae
Hawaiian Drug (Antihemorrhagic)
Grass pounded, mixed with water, strained and taken for stomach and bowel hemorrhage.
Akana, Akaiko 1922 Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value. Honolulu: Pacific Book House (p. 55)


Digitaria setigera Roth ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes
East Indian Crabgrass; Poaceae
Hawaiian Drug (Eye Medicine)
Shoots chewed into a thick liquid and blown into the eye for cataracts.
Akana, Akaiko 1922 Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value. Honolulu: Pacific Book House (p. 55)


Digitaria setigera Roth ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes
East Indian Crabgrass; Poaceae
Hawaiian Drug (Laxative)
Leaves chewed by mothers and fed to children as a laxative.
Akana, Akaiko 1922 Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value. Honolulu: Pacific Book House (p. 55)


Digitaria setigera Roth ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes
East Indian Crabgrass; Poaceae
Hawaiian Drug (Laxative)
Shoot chewed and swallowed as a laxative.
Akana, Akaiko 1922 Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value. Honolulu: Pacific Book House (p. 55)


Digitaria setigera Roth ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes
East Indian Crabgrass; Poaceae
Hawaiian Drug (Pediatric Aid)
Shoots chewed by mothers and given to infants for run down condition.
Akana, Akaiko 1922 Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value. Honolulu: Pacific Book House (p. 55)


Digitaria setigera Roth ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes
East Indian Crabgrass; Poaceae
Hawaiian Drug (Pediatric Aid)
Leaves chewed by mothers and fed to children as a laxative.
Akana, Akaiko 1922 Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value. Honolulu: Pacific Book House (p. 55)


Digitaria setigera Roth ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes
East Indian Crabgrass; Poaceae
Hawaiian Drug (Strengthener)
Shoots chewed by mothers and given to infants for run down condition.
Akana, Akaiko 1922 Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value. Honolulu: Pacific Book House (p. 55)


Digitaria setigera Roth ex Roemer & J.A. Schultes
East Indian Crabgrass; Poaceae
Hawaiian Drug (Strengthener)
Shoots chewed for run down condition.
Akana, Akaiko 1922 Hawaiian Herbs of Medicinal Value. Honolulu: Pacific Book House (p. 55)