Agavaceae Yucca baccata Torr.

Banana Yucca

Navajo - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 32

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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: Navajo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Fruit dried and carried, when at war, with grass seeds and jerked venison.

RECRD: 2705 id: 43871

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