Fabaceae Coursetia glandulosa Gray

Rosary Babybonnets

Papago - Other, Fasteners

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 21

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Scientific name: Coursetia glandulosa Gray
USDA symbol: COGL8 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rosary Babybonnets
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Papago
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Fasteners
Notes: Transparent, yellowish-brown gum mixed with adobe and used to make jars of syrup air tight.

RECRD: 43491 id: 11327