Soap Tree (Yucca elata)

Family: Agavaceae | Edibility: Edible (2/5)

Bloom Color: Green, White. Main Bloom Time: Early summer, Early spring, Late summer, Late spring, Mid summer, Mid spring. Form: Upright or erect.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Nuts/Seeds, Shoots, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Spring, Early Summer, Late Summer, Fall, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Delicious raw, they can also be dried, crushed and used as a flavouring. — Fruit - raw or cooked.; The fruit is a dry capsule up to 5cm long and 36mm wide.; We are not sure how this differs from the fruit but one report mentions edible fruit as well as an edible seedpod.; Flowers - raw or cooked.

Habitat & North American Range

Mesas, desert washes, plains and desert grasslands, and in deserts, normally between 500 - 2000 metres. (Zone 9)