Viscaceae Phoradendron juniperinum Engelm. ex Gray

Juniper Mistletoe

Acoma - Food, Starvation Food

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 39

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Scientific name: Phoradendron juniperinum Engelm. ex Gray
USDA symbol: PHJU (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Juniper Mistletoe
Family: Viscaceae
Family (APG): Santalaceae
Native American Tribe: Acoma
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Starvation Food
Notes: Berries eaten when other foods became scarce.

RECRD: 41214 id: 26505

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