Agavaceae Yucca glauca Nutt.
Small Soapweed
Kiowa - Other, Soap
Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 18
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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: Kiowa
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Soap
Notes: Root used to wash clothes and hair.
RECRD: 10779 id: 44124