Agave parryi

Agave parryi

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2n =

Origin : area of origin

wild or cultivated

Uses summary

Uses

MESCAL. New Mexico and northern Arizona. This plant constitutes one of the staple foods of the Apaches. When properly prepared, it is saccharine, palatable and wholesome, mildly acid, laxative and antiscorbutic.

Sturtevant, Notes on edible plants, 1919.

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