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Cylindropuntia whipplei

Summary

Cylindropuntia whipplei (formerly known as Opuntia whipplei, common name Whipple cholla) is a member of the cactus family, Cactaceae.

Cylindropuntia whipplei

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Cylindropuntia
Species:
C. whipplei
Binomial name
Cylindropuntia whipplei

The Zuni people rub the spines off the fruit and then dry them for winter use. The dried fruit is also ground into a flour, mixed with ground corn meal and made into a mush.[2] Spineless fruits are eaten raw or stewed.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ NatureServe (2023). "Cylindropuntia whipplei". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  2. ^ Matilda Coxe Stevenson (1915). Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30. p. 69.
  3. ^ Castetter, Edward F. (1935). "Ethnobiological studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated native plants used as sources of food". University of New Mexico Bulletin. 4 (1): 1–44.

External links edit

  • Cylindropuntia whipplei photo gallery at Cholla Web