Agavaceae Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel.

Narrowleaf Yucca

Hopi - Food, Fruit

Use documented by:
Nequatewa, Edmund, 1943, Some Hopi Recipes for the Preparation of Wild Plant Foods, Plateau 18:18-20, page 18

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Scientific name: Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel.
USDA symbol: YUANA2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Narrowleaf Yucca
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Fruits pit baked with lambsquarter leaves and eaten with corn dumplings in salted water.

RECRD: 45820 id: 43764

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