Opuntia versicolor Engelm. ex Coult.
Common names: Staghorn Cholla
Species details (USDA):
USDA OPVE
Documented uses
4 uses documented
Papago
Food, Staple
detail...
(Castetter, Edward F. and Willis H. Bell,
1942,
Pima and Papago Indian Agriculture,
Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. First Edition.,
pages 60)
Papago
Food, Vegetable
detail...
(Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill,
1935,
Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians,
University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84,
pages 14)
Pima
Food, Fruit
detail...
(Russell, Frank,
1908,
The Pima Indians,
SI-BAE Annual Report #26:1-390,
pages 78)
Pima
Food, Fruit
detail...
(Curtin, L. S. M.,
1949,
By the Prophet of the Earth,
Sante Fe. San Vicente Foundation,
pages 59)