Agavaceae Yucca baccata Torr.

Banana Yucca

Southwest Indians - Food, Dried Food

Use documented by:
Bell, Willis H and Edward F. Castetter, 1941, Ethnobiological Studies in the Southwest VII. The Utilization of of Yucca, Sotol and Beargrass by the Aborigines in the American Southwest, University of New Mexico Bulletin 5(5):1-74, page 15

View all documented uses for Yucca baccata Torr.

---

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: Southwest Indians
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Dried Food
Notes: Fruits dried between beds of grass, split into halves, dried further in the sun and stored.

RECRD: 40450 id: 43945

---