Agavaceae Agave deserti Engelm.

Desert Agave

Diegueno - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 13

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Scientific name: Agave deserti Engelm.
USDA symbol: AGDED (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Desert Agave
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Diegueno
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Roots and stalks baked overnight in a pit oven and used for food.

RECRD: 2430 id: 1774

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