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Ferocactus cylindraceus var. cylindraceus
California Barrelcactus
USDA FECYC
Cahuilla Food, Beverage
Plant used to obtain water. The barrel cactus provided a desert reservoir, one which had long been familiar to many desert travelers at times of emergency. To obtain water, the top of the cactus was sliced off, a portion of the pulp was removed to create a depression and then the pulp was squeezed by hand in the depression until water was released from the spongy mass.
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 67
Ferocactus cylindraceus var. cylindraceus
California Barrelcactus
USDA FECYC
Cahuilla Food, Dried Food
Buds sun dried for storage.
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 67
Ferocactus cylindraceus var. cylindraceus
California Barrelcactus
USDA FECYC
Cahuilla Food, Dried Food
Flowers sun dried for storage.
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 67
Ferocactus cylindraceus var. cylindraceus
California Barrelcactus
USDA FECYC
Cahuilla Food, Staple
Berries and stems were an important and dependable food source.
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 49
Ferocactus cylindraceus var. cylindraceus
California Barrelcactus
USDA FECYC
Cahuilla Food, Unspecified
Buds eaten fresh, parboiled or baked in a pit.
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 67
Ferocactus cylindraceus var. cylindraceus
California Barrelcactus
USDA FECYC
Cahuilla Food, Unspecified
Flowers eaten fresh, parboiled or baked in a pit.
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 67
Ferocactus cylindraceus var. cylindraceus
California Barrelcactus
USDA FECYC
Cahuilla Other, Cooking Tools
Body of the plant used as a cooking vessel. The top was cut off of the cactus and the interior was dug out. Water was then put into the depression and heated with hot stones.
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 67