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Compiled by Robert Freedman

SIMMONDSIACEAE

Simmondsia chinensis (Link.) Schneid. North America (Sonoran Desert): nut eaten by Native American Seri group. Vernacular name: Jojoba. Ref. FELGER & MOSER, MINNIS.

Simmondsia chinensis (photo credit Prof. Paul Minnis)

Simmondsia chinensis