Cupressaceae Juniperus deppeana Steud.

Alligator Juniper

Navajo, Ramah - Food, Fruit

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 12

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Scientific name: Juniperus deppeana Steud.
USDA symbol: JUDE2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Alligator Juniper
Family: Cupressaceae
Family (APG): Cupressaceae
Native American Tribe: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Fruit eaten raw or boiled and ground.

RECRD: 10318 id: 18575

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