Pinaceae Pinus edulis Engelm.
Twoneedle Pinyon
Apache, Mescalero - Food, Dried Food
Use documented by:
Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 35
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Pinus edulis Engelm.
Scientific name: Pinus edulis Engelm.
USDA symbol: PIED (
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Common names: Twoneedle Pinyon
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Mescalero
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Nuts parched, ground, mixed with datil fruit, mescal, mesquite beans or sotol and used for food.
RECRD: 45688 id: 27532