Fabaceae Robinia neomexicana Gray
New Mexico Locust
Apache, Mescalero - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Basehart, Harry W., 1974, Apache Indians XII. Mescalero Apache Subsistence Patterns and Socio-Political Organization, New York. Garland Publishing Inc., page 47
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Robinia neomexicana Gray
Scientific name: Robinia neomexicana Gray
USDA symbol: RONEN (
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Common names: New Mexico Locust
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Mescalero
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Fresh flowers cooked with meat or bones and used for food.
RECRD: 45743 id: 33806