Pinaceae Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum Engelm.

Ponderosa Pine

Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero - Food, Starvation Food

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 43

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Scientific name: Pinus ponderosa var. scopulorum Engelm.
USDA symbol: PIPOS (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Ponderosa Pine
Family: Pinaceae
Family (APG): Pinaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Starvation Food
Notes: Seeds ground, rolled into balls and eaten raw only in times of food scarcity.

RECRD: 40128 id: 28070

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