View photos of the edible and medicinal plant, Yucca brevifolia (Joshua tree), profiled in the Wild Edible Series: California: Vol 1, Nevada, and Sonoran.
View photos of the edible and medicinal plant, Yucca schidigera (Mohave yucca), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest and in the Wild Edible Series: California: Vol 1 and Nevada.
View photos of the edible plant, Agave deserti (Desert agave), profiled in Wild Edible Plants of California: Vol 1 and Sonoran Desert Food Plants.
A passage from Wild Edible Plants of California (Vol 1):
Just as the developing flower stalk begins to emerge, the entire plant is uprooted and leaves cut (or with practice – removed by hand) from the core. The ‘heart’ or core (along with the lower immature stalk and leaf bases) is the main food part.
A passage from Sonoran Desert Food Plants:
For Agave cordage: clip the leaves from the base when green. Air dry, then pound/twist the leaves to separate the fibers from the surrounding leaf material. The dried out–of–season core and stem base were once utilized as a primitive soap (due to saponins).
