Cactaceae Opuntia whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow

Whipple Cholla

Zuni - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 69

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Scientific name: Opuntia whipplei Engelm. & Bigelow
USDA symbol: OPWH (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Whipple Cholla
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Zuni
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Fruit, with the spines rubbed off, dried for winter use.

RECRD: 32868 id: 24879

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