Agavaceae Yucca baccata Torr.

Banana Yucca

Navajo, Ramah - Dye, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 21

View all documented uses for Yucca baccata Torr.

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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, Ramah
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Leaf juice used as a medium for pigments of pottery paints and slips.

RECRD: 10420 id: 43894

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