Cactaceae Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm.

Kingcup Cactus

Isleta - Food, Unspecified

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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Scientific name: Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm.
USDA symbol: ECTRT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Kingcup Cactus
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Isleta
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Pulp sliced and baked like squash.

RECRD: 41107 id: 12905

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