Fabaceae Prosopis glandulosa Torr.

Honey Mesquite

Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero - Food, Pie & Pudding

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 41

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Scientific name: Prosopis glandulosa Torr.
USDA symbol: PRGLG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Honey Mesquite
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Pie & Pudding
Notes: Pods boiled in water, taken out, mashed, boiled again and eaten as pudding.

RECRD: 40111 id: 29939

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