Agavaceae Yucca baccata Torr.

Banana Yucca

Southwest Indians - Food, Sweetener

Use documented by:
Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 12

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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: Southwest Indians
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Sweetener
Notes: Fruit pared, pulp chewed, cooked, dried and conserve dissolved in water to sweeten beverages.

RECRD: 40442 id: 43954

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