Agavaceae Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
Pima - Other, Cash Crop
Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 10
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Agave parryi Engelm.
Scientific name: Agave parryi Engelm.
USDA symbol: AGPAP5 (
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Common names: Parry's Agave
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Pima
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cash Crop
Notes: Obtained by barter from the Papago Indians.
RECRD: 40950 id: 1837