Fabaceae Prosopis pubescens Benth.

Screwbean Mesquite

Pima - Food, Beverage

Use documented by:
Hrdlicka, Ales, 1908, Physiological and Medical Observations Among the Indians of Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico, SI-BAE Bulletin #34:1-427, page 261

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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: Pima
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Beverage
Notes: Beans sun dried, pounded into meal, mixed with cold water and used as a drink.

RECRD: 46768 id: 30081

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