Cactaceae Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
Plains Pricklypear
Hopi - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 85
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Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
Scientific name: Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
USDA symbol: OPPOP (
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Common names: Plains Pricklypear
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Joints boiled, dipped into syrup and eaten after thorn removal.
RECRD: 41489 id: 24751