Cactaceae Echinocactus sp.

Barrel Cactus

Havasupai - Food, Porridge

Use documented by:
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 232

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Scientific name: Echinocactus sp.
Common names: Barrel Cactus
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Havasupai
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Fresh or dried seeds parched, ground and made into mush.

RECRD: 7319 id: 12870

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