Agavaceae Yucca schidigera Roezl ex Ortgies

Mojave Yucca

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 22

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Scientific name: Yucca schidigera Roezl ex Ortgies
USDA symbol: YUSC2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Mojave Yucca
Family: Agavaceae
Family (APG): Asparagaceae
Native American Tribe: Southwest Indians
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Fruit
Notes: Fruit used for food.

RECRD: 40491 id: 44221

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