Fabaceae Robinia neomexicana Gray

New Mexico Locust

Jemez - Other, Hunting & Fishing Item

Use documented by:
Cook, Sarah Louise, 1930, The Ethnobotany of Jemez Indians., University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 27

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Scientific name: Robinia neomexicana Gray
USDA symbol: RONEN (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: New Mexico Locust
Family: Fabaceae
Family (APG): Fabaceae
Native American Tribe: Jemez
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Hunting & Fishing Item
Notes: Tough, elastic branches used to make bows.

RECRD: 1894 id: 33814