Agavaceae Yucca baccata Torr.

Banana Yucca

Hopi - Other, Soap

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71

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Scientific name: Yucca baccata Torr.
USDA symbol: YUBAB (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Banana Yucca
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Soap
Notes: Roots used as soap.

RECRD: 41423 id: 43830