| Opuntia leptocaulis DC. Christmas Cactus USDA OPLE |
Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero Drug, Narcotic Fruits crushed and mixed with a beverage to produce narcotic effects. 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 55 |
| Opuntia leptocaulis DC. Christmas Cactus USDA OPLE |
Pima Food, Fruit Fruits freed from thorns and eaten raw. Curtin, L. S. M., 1949, By the Prophet of the Earth, Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation, page 60 |
| Opuntia leptocaulis DC. Christmas Cactus USDA OPLE |
Pima Food, Fruit Small fruits eaten raw. 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 |
| Opuntia leptocaulis DC. Christmas Cactus USDA OPLE |
Pima, Gila River Food, Fruit Fruits eaten raw. Rea, Amadeo M., 1991, Gila River Pima Dietary Reconstruction, Arid Lands Newsletter 31:3-10, page 7 |