Cactaceae Opuntia whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow

Whipple Cholla

Apache, White Mountain - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 159

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Scientific name: Opuntia whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow
USDA symbol: OPWH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Whipple Cholla
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, White Mountain
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Fruit dried for winter use.

RECRD: 60246 id: 24873