Fabaceae Prosopis pubescens Benth.

Screwbean Mesquite

Pima - Food, Staple

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 45

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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: Staple
Notes: Beans pit roasted for several days, dried and ground into a pinole.

RECRD: 41249 id: 30085

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