Cactaceae Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm.
Kingcup Cactus
Isleta - Food, Bread & Cake
Use documented by:
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 26
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Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm.
Scientific name: Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm.
USDA symbol: ECTRT (
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Common names: Kingcup Cactus
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Isleta
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Pulp macerated and cooked with sugar to make cakes.
RECRD: 41112 id: 12897