Cactaceae Mammillaria wrightii Engelm.

Wright's Nipple Cactus

Navajo, Ramah - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 37

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Scientific name: Mammillaria wrightii Engelm.
USDA symbol: MAWRW2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Wright's Nipple Cactus
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Stems and ripe fruits used for food.

RECRD: 10564 id: 22365

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