Agavaceae Yucca torreyi Shafer
Torrey's Yucca
Apache - Food, Bread & Cake
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 18
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Yucca torreyi Shafer
Scientific name: Yucca torreyi Shafer
USDA symbol: YUTO (
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Common names: Torrey's Yucca
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Fruit roasted, pulp made into cakes and stored.
RECRD: 40470 id: 44267