Agavaceae Yucca elata (Engelm.) Engelm.

Soaptree Yucca

Apache, Western - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 182

View all documented uses for Yucca elata (Engelm.) Engelm.

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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, Western
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Blossoms boiled with seeds, fat or bones.

RECRD: 40779 id: 44032

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