Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Cucurbita perennis Gray, Pepo foetidissima(Kunth) Britton

Common names:

American colycinth (1820) (38)

Arizona gourd (1923) (156)

Buffalo gourd [Buffalogourd] (1923-1986) (3, 4, 121, 138, 155)

Calabazilla (1894-1929?, S. CA) (5, 75, 156, 157, 158)

Chili cojota (1893, S. CA) (74)

Chili cojote (1900?-1929) (157, 158)

Fetid gourd (1918?-1970?) (121)

Fetid wild pumpkin (1923) (156)

Gourd (1929) (157)

Missouri gourd (1900?-1937) (5, 50, 72, 93, 97, 156, 157, 158)

Mongkong nikašiga (1918?-1970?, Osage, human being medicine) (121)

Mongkong tongga (1918?-1970?Osage, big medicine) (1918?-1970?) (121)

Niashiga makan (1919, Omaha-Ponca, human-being medicine) (37)

Wagamun pezhuta (1919, Dakota, pumpkin medicine) (37)

Wild gourd (1919-1937) (37, 124)

Wild pumpkin (1900?-1970?) (121, 156, 157, 158)