Cactaceae Opuntia echinocarpa Engelm. & Bigelow

Staghorn Cholla

Maricopa - Food, Fruit

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 204

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Scientific name: Opuntia echinocarpa Engelm. & Bigelow
USDA symbol: OPEC (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Staghorn Cholla
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Maricopa
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Fruits rolled on ground to remove spines and eaten raw.

RECRD: 40902 id: 24603

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