Cactaceae Stenocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Buxbaum

Organpipe Cactus

Seri - Other, Tools

Use documented by:
Dawson, E. Yale, 1944, Some Ethnobotanical Notes on the Seri Indians, Desert Plant Life 9:133-138, page 136

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Scientific name: Stenocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Buxbaum
USDA symbol: STTH3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Organpipe Cactus
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Seri
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Tools
Notes: Dried plant skeletons used as a straight, slender pole for knocking off ripe fruit.

RECRD: 4971 id: 38890

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