Cactaceae Echinocereus triglochidiatus Engelm.
Kingcup Cactus
Isleta - Other, Lighting
Use documented by:
Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 27
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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: Other
Use sub-category: Lighting
Notes: Dried pulp used as candles.
RECRD: 30615 id: 12908