Cactaceae Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & Bigelow
Beavertail Pricklypear
Diegueno - Food, Dried Food
Use documented by:
Hedges, Ken, 1986, Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany, San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20, page 27
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Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & Bigelow
Scientific name: Opuntia basilaris Engelm. & Bigelow
USDA symbol: OPBAB2 (
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Common names: Beavertail Pricklypear
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Diegueno
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Fruit cleaned of thorns, dried and eaten.
RECRD: 2492 id: 24585