Cactaceae Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck

Cactus Apple

Acoma - Food, Porridge

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 35

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Scientific name: Opuntia engelmannii Salm-Dyck
USDA symbol: OPENE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Cactus Apple
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Acoma
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Tunas split, dried, ground and the meal mixed with corn meal to make a mush for winter use.

RECRD: 41192 id: 24610

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