Pinaceae Pinus edulis Engelm.
Twoneedle Pinyon
Navajo, Ramah - Dye, Black
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 12
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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: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Black
Notes: Resin used as an ingredient of black dye for wool or basketry.
RECRD: 10337 id: 27652