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Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Diegueno Drug, Eye Medicine
Infusion of leaves used as an eyewash.
Hinton, Leanne, 1975, Notes on La Huerta Diegueno Ethnobotany, Journal of California Anthropology 2:214-222, page 218
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Diegueno Drug, Febrifuge
Infusion of leaves taken for fevers.
Hinton, Leanne, 1975, Notes on La Huerta Diegueno Ethnobotany, Journal of California Anthropology 2:214-222, page 218
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Diegueno Food, Bread & Cake
Beans ground into a meal and used to make cakes.
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 32
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Diegueno Other, Cooking Tools
Wood used to make wooden spoons and other utensils.
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 32
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Diegueno Other, Fuel
Wood used for firewood.
Hinton, Leanne, 1975, Notes on La Huerta Diegueno Ethnobotany, Journal of California Anthropology 2:214-222, page 218
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Diegueno Other, Tools
Wood used to make knives for cutting yucca stalks, pottery paddles & tools for digging pottery clay.
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 32
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Kawaiisu Food, Bread & Cake
Pods crushed into a meal, molded into a dry cake and stored and eaten at a later time.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 54
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Kawaiisu Food, Bread & Cake
Seeds pounded and molded into a cake without cooking.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 54
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Kawaiisu Food, Porridge
Pods crushed into a meal and eaten with water.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 54
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Pima Food, Beverage
Beans sun dried, pounded into meal, mixed with cold water and used as a drink.
Hrdlicka, Ales, 1908, Physiological and Medical Observations Among the Indians of Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, SI-BAE Bulletin #34:1-427, page 261
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Yavapai Food, Unspecified
Parched, ground seeds dampened, sometimes mixed with ground saguaro seed, and used for food.
Gifford, E. W., 1936, Northeastern and Western Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 34:247-345, page 256
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Yavapai Food, Unspecified
Seeds used for food.
Gifford, E. W., 1932, The Southeastern Yavapai, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 29:177-252, page 211
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Yuma Food, Beverage
Pods crushed and steeped in water to make a beverage.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 181
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Yuma Food, Dried Food
Pit cooked pods dried and stored in baskets.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 181
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Yuma Food, Dried Food
Pods dried on roof tops and stored.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 181
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Yuma Food, Staple
Beans dried thoroughly and pounded into meal.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 181
Prosopis glandulosa var. torreyana (L. Benson) M.C. Johnston
Western Honey Mesquite
USDA PRGLT
Yuma Food, Unspecified
Pit cooked pods pounded in a mortar and prepared as food.
Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell, 1951, Yuman Indian Agriculture, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, page 181