Agavaceae Yucca baccata Torr.

Banana Yucca

Zuni - Food, Fruit

Use documented by:
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 72

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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: Zuni
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Fruit eaten fresh or boiled, cooled and the skin peeled off with a knife.

RECRD: 32888 id: 43985

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