Agavaceae Yucca baccata Torr.

Banana Yucca

Isleta - Food, Forage

Use documented by:
Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 45

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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: Isleta
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Forage
Notes: Fruit often eaten by deer which left few for the Isletans.

RECRD: 30746 id: 43842

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