Cactaceae Opuntia polyacantha Haw.

Plains Pricklypear

Keres, Western - Food, Winter Use Food

Use documented by:
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 57

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Scientific name: Opuntia polyacantha Haw.
USDA symbol: OPPOP (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Plains Pricklypear
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Keres, Western
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Winter Use Food
Notes: Joints singed in hot coals, boiled with dried sweetcorn and used as a winter food.

RECRD: 30323 id: 24752

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