Agavaceae Yucca torreyi Shafer

Torrey's Yucca

Apache - Food, Sauce & Relish

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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Scientific name: Yucca torreyi Shafer
USDA symbol: YUTO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Torrey's Yucca
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Sauce & Relish
Notes: Baked fruit pounded to a pulp, drained and juice poured over cakes.

RECRD: 40905 id: 44268

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