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Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Havasupai Food, Beverage
Plant used to make a drink.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 66
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Havasupai Food, Bread & Cake
Dried fruit pounded into cakes for storage or pieces of cake eaten without further preparation.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 233
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Havasupai Food, Dried Food
Fruits sun dried for future use.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 233
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Havasupai Food, Fruit
Fruits eaten fresh.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 233
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Havasupai Other, Containers
Used in preparing pottery clay.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 233
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Havasupai Other, Tools
Spines used to prick the design into the skin for tattooing.
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 233
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Navajo Food, Beverage
Plant used to make fruit juice.
Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 14
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Navajo Food, Bread & Cake
Pad pulp formed into cakes, dried, stored for later use and fried or roasted.
Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 14
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Navajo Food, Candy
Pad strips peeled, parboiled, boiled and used as chewing gum.
Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 14
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Navajo Food, Candy
Pads peeled, sliced, roasted, boiled in sugar water, dried and eaten like candy.
Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 14
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Navajo Food, Cooking Agent
Seed flour used to thicken soups, puddings or fruit dishes.
Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 14
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Navajo Food, Dried Food
Plant eaten dried.
Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 14
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Navajo Food, Fruit
Fruit eaten raw.
Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 14
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Navajo Food, Preserves
Pads peeled, sliced, roasted, boiled in sugar water until dissolved into a syrup & eaten like jelly.
Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 14
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Navajo Food, Preserves
Plant used to make jelly.
Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 14
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Navajo Food, Staple
Dried seeds ground into flour.
Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 14
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Navajo Food, Unspecified
Pads parboiled, peeled, sliced, boiled in salted water and eaten.
Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 14
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Navajo Food, Unspecified
Plant eaten fresh.
Lynch, Regina H., 1986, Cookbook, Chinle, AZ. Navajo Curriculum Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School, page 14
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Pima Drug, Gynecological Aid
Poultice of heated plant applied to breasts to encourage the flow of milk.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 60
Opuntia phaeacantha Engelm.
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHP
Pima Food, Unspecified
Tender leaves sliced, cooked, seasoned like string beans and used for food.
Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 60
Opuntia phaeacantha var. camanchica (Engelm. & Bigelow) L. Benson
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHC
Keres, Western Food, Fruit
Mountain tunas used for food.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 56
Opuntia phaeacantha var. camanchica (Engelm. & Bigelow) L. Benson
Tulip Pricklypear
USDA OPPHC
Tewa Food, Fruit
Fruits eaten for food.
Robbins, W.W., J.P. Harrington and B. Freire-Marreco, 1916, Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians, SI-BAE Bulletin #55, page 62