Agavaceae Dasylirion wheeleri S. Wats.

Common Sotol

Southwest Indians - Food, Bread & Cake

Use documented by:
Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 57

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Scientific name: Dasylirion wheeleri S. Wats.
USDA symbol: DAWH2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Sotol
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Southwest Indians
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Crowns pit-baked, dried, pounded into flour and made into cakes.

RECRD: 40583 id: 12081

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