Fabaceae Prosopis pubescens Benth.

Screwbean Mesquite

Isleta - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 43

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Scientific name: Prosopis pubescens Benth.
USDA symbol: PRPU (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Screwbean Mesquite
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Isleta
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Pods chewed for the starch content and agreeable taste.

RECRD: 30732 id: 30070

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