Agavaceae Nolina microcarpa S. Wats.

Sacahuista

Havasupai - Other, Cooking Tools

Use documented by:
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 212

View all documented uses for Nolina microcarpa S. Wats.

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Scientific name: Nolina microcarpa S. Wats.
USDA symbol: NOMI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sacahuista
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Havasupai
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Cooking Tools
Notes: Lower stalks split open to form an alternative base for drying mescal.

RECRD: 7189 id: 24013

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