Fabaceae Prosopis pubescens Benth.

Screwbean Mesquite

Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero - Food, Special 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 41

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Scientific name: Prosopis pubescens Benth.
USDA symbol: PRPU (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Screwbean Mesquite
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Special Food
Notes: Raw pods chewed and eaten as a delicacy.

RECRD: 40113 id: 30053

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