Oleaceae Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens

Stretchberry

Isleta - Other, Water Indicator

Use documented by:
Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 29

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Scientific name: Forestiera pubescens var. pubescens
USDA symbol: FOPUP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Stretchberry
Family: Oleaceae
Family (APG): Oleaceae
Native American Tribe: Isleta
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Water Indicator
Notes: Large shrubs considered water indicators because wells dug where plants grew always produced water.

RECRD: 30618 id: 14804

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