Agavaceae Yucca brevifolia Engelm.

Joshua Tree

Southwest Indians - Food, Fruit

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 63

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Scientific name: Yucca brevifolia Engelm.
USDA symbol: YUBAB2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Joshua Tree
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Southwest Indians
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Fruits eaten for food.

RECRD: 40617 id: 44015

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