Fabaceae Prosopis velutina Woot.

Velvet Mesquite

Papago - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 25

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Scientific name: Prosopis velutina Woot.
USDA symbol: PRVE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Velvet Mesquite
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Papago
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Pods eaten fresh.

RECRD: 43523 id: 30113

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