Cactaceae Stenocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Buxbaum

Organpipe Cactus

Papago - Other, Ceremonial Items

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 22

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Scientific name: Stenocereus thurberi (Engelm.) Buxbaum
USDA symbol: STTH3 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Organpipe Cactus
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Papago
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Pulp boiled with water, strained, boiled again and used as a ceremonial drink.

RECRD: 43500 id: 38877

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