Fabaceae Prosopis velutina Woot.
Velvet Mesquite
Pima - Food, Bread & Cake
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 44
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Prosopis velutina Woot.
Scientific name: Prosopis velutina Woot.
USDA symbol: PRVE (
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Common names: Velvet Mesquite
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Pima
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Seeds ground into flour and used to make bread.
RECRD: 41244 id: 30143