Fouquieriaceae Fouquieria splendens Engelm.

Ocotillo

Yavapai - Food, Snack Food

Use documented by:
Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 256

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Scientific name: Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
USDA symbol: FOSP2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Ocotillo
Family: Fouquieriaceae
Family (APG): Fouquieriaceae
Native American Tribe: Yavapai
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Snack Food
Notes: Flowers sucked by children for nectar.

RECRD: 20588 id: 14830

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