Agavaceae Yucca torreyi Shafer

Torrey's Yucca

Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero - Food, Bread & Cake

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 39

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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, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Fruit pulp ground, made into large cakes and stored indefinitely.

RECRD: 40095 id: 44270

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