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Description
The roots of the soap plant, Chlorogalum poleridianum, native to California and the Mexican amole plants, Yucca baccata, Yucca elata, and Yucca glauca. Soaproots and yuccas contain saponin which lathers like soap. They have been used since ancient times as a natural cleaner. The fibers from these plants have also been used for basket weaving.
Synonyms and Related Terms
soap root; soap plant; yucca; amole; banana yucca (Yucca baccata); soaptree yucca (Yucca elata); Great Plains yucca (Yucca glauca)
Additional Images
Banana yucca Yucca baccata)
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 692
- Website address 1 Comment: ww.fw.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/main.htm (accessed Oct. 3, 2005)
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca (accessed Oct. 3, 2005)