Fabaceae Robinia neomexicana Gray

New Mexico Locust

Apache, Mescalero - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 47

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Scientific name: Robinia neomexicana Gray
USDA symbol: RONEN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: New Mexico Locust
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Mescalero
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Flowers boiled, dried and stored for winter food use.

RECRD: 45744 id: 33805

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