Aceraceae Acer glabrum var. neomexicanum (Greene) Kearney & Peebles

New Mexico Maple

Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero - Food, Sweetener

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 44

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Scientific name: Acer glabrum var. neomexicanum (Greene) Kearney & Peebles
USDA symbol: ACGLN2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: New Mexico Maple
Family: Aceraceae
Family (APG): Sapindaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Sweetener
Notes: Sap collected and boiled to obtain syrup and sugar.

RECRD: 40137 id: 474

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