Fouquieriaceae Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
Ocotillo
Papago - Fiber, Building Material
Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 66
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Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
Scientific name: Fouquieria splendens Engelm.
USDA symbol: FOSP2 (
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Common names: Ocotillo
Family: Fouquieriaceae
Family (APG): Fouquieriaceae
Native American Tribe: Papago
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Building Material
Notes: Withes used to bind together the house dome ribs.
RECRD: 43660 id: 14823