Cactaceae Echinocereus fendleri (Engelm.) F. Seitz

Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus

Hopi - Food, Sweetener

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 85

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Scientific name: Echinocereus fendleri (Engelm.) F. Seitz
USDA symbol: ECFEF2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pinkflower Hedgehog Cactus
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Sweetener
Notes: Fruits dried and used as a source of sweetening.

RECRD: 41487 id: 12889

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