Pinaceae Pinus edulis Engelm.

Twoneedle Pinyon

Navajo - Food, Staple

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 40

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Scientific name: Pinus edulis Engelm.
USDA symbol: PIED (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Twoneedle Pinyon
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Staple
Notes: Nuts hulled, parched and ground with corn meal to make a flour.

RECRD: 41227 id: 27617

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