Cactaceae Opuntia sp.

Prickly Pear

Navajo - Food, Unspecified

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 37

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Scientific name: Opuntia sp.
Common names: Prickly Pear
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Tunas stewed with dried peaches and eaten.

RECRD: 41204 id: 24843

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