Cactaceae Opuntia polyacantha Haw.

Plains Pricklypear

Hopi - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 85

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Scientific name: Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
USDA symbol: OPPOP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Plains Pricklypear
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Joints boiled, dipped into syrup and eaten after thorn removal.

RECRD: 41489 id: 24751

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