Agavaceae Yucca glauca Nutt.
Small Soapweed
Isleta - Drug, Dermatological Aid
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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Yucca glauca Nutt.
Scientific name: Yucca glauca Nutt.
USDA symbol: YUGLG2 (
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Common names: Small Soapweed
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Isleta
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Root mixed with ground stolons from vine mesquite grass & used as a hair wash to make the hair grow.
RECRD: 30756 id: 44096