Famine Foods Plants that are not normally considered as crops are consumed in times of famine

Carnegeia gigantea

Uses

North America (Arizona): fruit eaten by Native American Papago group.

Additional Information

Name Authority:: (Engelm). Britt. & Rose.

Plant Classification Group:

Cactaceae

Plant Locations:

North America
- United States
  - Arizona

Plant References:

CASTETTER & BELL 1942
MINNIS

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