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Agave americana L.
American Century Plant
USDA AGAMA2
Pima Other, Cash Crop
Obtained by barter from the Papago Indians.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 10
Agave americana L.
American Century Plant
USDA AGAMA2
Ute Food, Staple
Used as one of the most important foods.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 10
Agave americana L.
American Century Plant
USDA AGAMA2
Yuma Food, Staple
Used as one of the most important foods.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 10
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Dye, Unspecified
Burned stalk ash used as a dye for tattoos.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Fiber, Basketry
Pounded leaves dried and made into cactus bags.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Fiber, Clothing
Pounded leaves dried and made into shoes, sandals and women's skirts.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Fiber, Cordage
Pounded leaves dried and made into nets used for baby cradles.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Fiber, Cordage
Pounded leaves dried and made into nets, slings and cordage.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Fiber, Scouring Material
Pounded leaves dried and made into cleaning brushes for cooking water.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Food, Dried Food
Baked leaves dried and stored for future use.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Food, Dried Food
Flowers parboiled to release the bitterness and dried for future use.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Food, Dried Food
Roasted, pounded stalks and leaves made into cakes and sun dried.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Food, Unspecified
Baked leaves eaten.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Food, Unspecified
Flowers parboiled to release the bitterness and eaten.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Food, Unspecified
Roasted stalks used for food.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Other, Ceremonial Items
Pounded leaves dried and made into netting used for ceremonial costumes.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Other, Fuel
Dried stalks used for firewood.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Pounded leaves dried and made into bowstrings and snares.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Other, Stable Gear
Pounded leaves dried and made into saddle blankets.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Other, Tools
Thorns used as awls in basket making.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave deserti Engelm.
Desert Agave
USDA AGDED
Cahuilla Other, Tools
Thorns used as tool for tattooing.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 31
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache Food, Dried Food
Heads and young leaves roasted, sun dried and used immediately or stored.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 10
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache Food, Dried Food
Heads and young leaves roasted, sun dried and used immediately or stored.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 10
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache Food, Staple
Used as one of the most important foods.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 10
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Apache Food, Unspecified
Roots baked and eaten.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 13
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Comanche Food, Staple
Used as one of the most important foods.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 10
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Mohave Food, Staple
Used as one of the most important foods.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 10
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Paiute Food, Staple
Used as one of the most important foods.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 10
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Papago Food, Staple
Used as one of the most important foods.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 10
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Pima Other, Cash Crop
Obtained by barter from the Papago Indians.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 10
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Ute Food, Staple
Used as one of the most important foods.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 10
Agave parryi Engelm.
Parry's Agave
USDA AGPAP5
Yuma Food, Staple
Used as one of the most important foods.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 10
Agave sp.
Mescal
Navajo Fiber, Cordage
Plant fibers used to make rope.
Brugge, David M., 1965, Navajo Use of Agave, Kiva 31(2):88-98, page 94
Agave sp.
Mescal
Navajo Food, Beverage
Juice squeezed from baked fibers and drunk.
Brugge, David M., 1965, Navajo Use of Agave, Kiva 31(2):88-98, page 94
Agave sp.
Mescal
Navajo Food, Dried Food
Heads baked or boiled, pounded into flat sheets, sun dried and stored for future use.
Brugge, David M., 1965, Navajo Use of Agave, Kiva 31(2):88-98, page 94
Agave sp.
Mescal
Navajo Food, Porridge
Dried, baked heads boiled and made into a 'paste.'
Brugge, David M., 1965, Navajo Use of Agave, Kiva 31(2):88-98, page 94
Agave sp.
Mescal
Navajo Food, Soup
Dried, baked heads boiled and made into soup.
Brugge, David M., 1965, Navajo Use of Agave, Kiva 31(2):88-98, page 94
Agave sp.
Mescal
Navajo Food, Unspecified
Heads baked and eaten.
Brugge, David M., 1965, Navajo Use of Agave, Kiva 31(2):88-98, page 94
Agave sp.
Mescal
Navajo Food, Unspecified
Leaves boiled and eaten.
Brugge, David M., 1965, Navajo Use of Agave, Kiva 31(2):88-98, page 94
Agave sp.
Mescal
Navajo Food, Unspecified
Young and tender flowering stalks and shoots roasted and eaten.
Brugge, David M., 1965, Navajo Use of Agave, Kiva 31(2):88-98, page 94
Agave sp.
Mescal
Navajo Other, Cooking Tools
Leaves used to line the baking pits.
Brugge, David M., 1965, Navajo Use of Agave, Kiva 31(2):88-98, page 91
Agave sp.
Mescal
Navajo Other, Tools
Sharp pointed leaf tips used to make basketry awls.
Brugge, David M., 1965, Navajo Use of Agave, Kiva 31(2):88-98, page 94
Aletes anisatus (Gray) Theobald & Tseng
Rocky Mountain Indian Parsley
USDA ALAN3
Isleta Food, Sauce & Relish
Leaves eaten fresh as a relish.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 47
Aletes anisatus (Gray) Theobald & Tseng
Rocky Mountain Indian Parsley
USDA ALAN3
Isleta Food, Vegetable
Leaves cooked and used as greens.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 47
Allenrolfea occidentalis (S. Wats.) Kuntze
Iodinebush
USDA ALOC2
Cahuilla Food, Beverage
Ground seed flour and water made into a drink.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 36
Allenrolfea occidentalis (S. Wats.) Kuntze
Iodinebush
USDA ALOC2
Cahuilla Food, Bread & Cake
Ground seed flour dampened, shaped, dried and eaten as a cookie.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 36
Allenrolfea occidentalis (S. Wats.) Kuntze
Iodinebush
USDA ALOC2
Cahuilla Food, Porridge
Ground seed flour and water made into a mush.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 36
Allium cernuum Roth
Nodding Onion
USDA ALCEC2
Hopi Food, Spice
Used for flavoring before the introduction of the cultivated onion.
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 70
Allium cernuum var. obtusum Cockerell ex J.F. Macbr.
Nodding Onion
USDA ALCEO
Acoma Food, Unspecified
Bulbs used for food.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 15
Allium cernuum var. obtusum Cockerell ex J.F. Macbr.
Nodding Onion
USDA ALCEO
Hopi Food, Unspecified
Dipped in water with broken wafer bread and eaten raw.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 15