Agavaceae Yucca baccata Torr.

Banana Yucca

Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero - Food, Vegetable

Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F. and M. E. Opler, 1936, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest III. The Ethnobiology of the Chiricahua and Mescalero Apache, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(5):1-63, page 39

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Scientific name: Yucca baccata Torr.
USDA symbol: YUBAB (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Banana Yucca
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Apache, Chiricahua & Mescalero
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Flowers eaten if obtained before the summer rain; otherwise they taste bitter.

RECRD: 40090 id: 43796

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