Zygophyllaceae Larrea tridentata var. tridentata

Creosotebush

Papago - Other, Weapon

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 71

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Scientific name: Larrea tridentata var. tridentata
USDA symbol: LATRT (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Creosotebush
Family: Zygophyllaceae
Family (APG): Zygophyllaceae
Native American Tribe: Papago
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Weapon
Notes: Twigs cut green, peeled, straightened, dried, split and used as the foreshafts of war arrows.

RECRD: 43676 id: 19688

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