Herbs - Yucca

 

Yucca, Powdered

(also referred to as...)

Joshua Tree, Soap Tree, Spanish Bayonet

Latin Name: Yucca spp.

Family: Liliaceae

 
Description

This dry-climate plant has long been used by the natives of the southwest deserts. The flowers, as well as the pulp of the fruit, are edible and the whole plant is very medicinal. While the Navajo Indians used yucca as soap, others took the juice of the spiky leaves and poisoned the tips of their arrows with it.

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