Fabaceae Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa

Honey Mesquite

Havasupai - Food, Candy

Use documented by:
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 228

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Scientific name: Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa
USDA symbol: PRGLG (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Honey Mesquite
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Havasupai
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Candy
Notes: Pods eaten raw like a stick of candy.

RECRD: 7294 id: 29976

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