Agavaceae Yucca baccata Torr.

Banana Yucca

Navajo, Ramah - Fiber, Sporting Equipment

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 21

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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: Navajo, Ramah
Use category: Fiber
Use sub-category: Sporting Equipment
Notes: Leaves made into a ball thrown into the air for archery target practice.

RECRD: 10417 id: 43900

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