Agavaceae Yucca angustissima Engelm. ex Trel.

Narrowleaf Yucca

Hopi - Other, Ceremonial Items

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 71

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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: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Used as a whip during ceremonies.

RECRD: 41420 id: 43766

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