Yucca x schottii
Engelm.
Schott's yucca, Mountain yucca
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Description
It grows 5 m tall and has a trunk 30 cm across. It is considered a natural hybrid. The leaves are broad and sword shaped and taper to both ends. They are 80 cm long and 8 cm wide. The flowers are white. The fruit is fleshy and egg shaped.
Edible Uses
The fleshy fruit is edible.
Distribution
It is a subtropical plant. It grows in the Sonoran desert.
Where It Grows
Australia, Mexico, North America, USA,
Notes
There are about 40 Yucca species. Also put in the family Agavaceae.
Synonyms
Sarcoyucca schottii (Engelm.) LindingYucca x brasiliensis SprengerYucca x macrocarpa Engelm.Yucca x puberula Torr. [Illegitimate]
References (4)
- Beckstrom-Sternberg, Stephen M., and James A. Duke. "The Foodplant Database." http://probe.nalusda.gov:8300/cgi-bin/browse/foodplantdb.(ACEDB version 4.0 - data version July 1994)
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 935
- NYBG herbarium "edible"
- Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3:46. 1873
