Agavaceae Yucca elata (Engelm.) Engelm.

Soaptree Yucca

Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero - Fiber, Basketry

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 37

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Scientific name: Yucca elata (Engelm.) Engelm.
USDA symbol: YUELE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Soaptree Yucca
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Basketry
Notes: Leaves woven into shallow or tray baskets to carry prepared mescal home.

RECRD: 40074 id: 44020

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