Fabaceae Prosopis velutina Woot.

Velvet Mesquite

Papago - Fiber, Building Material

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 66

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Scientific name: Prosopis velutina Woot.
USDA symbol: PRVE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Velvet Mesquite
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Papago
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Building Material
Notes: Posts of wood, forked at the top, used for the core of the house frame.

RECRD: 43656 id: 30104