Fabaceae Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston

Western Honey Mesquite

Kawaiisu - Food, Bread & Cake

Use documented by:
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 54

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Scientific name: Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
USDA symbol: PRGLT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Western Honey Mesquite
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Kawaiisu
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Pods crushed into a meal, molded into a dry cake and stored and eaten at a later time.

RECRD: 4345 id: 30039

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