Yucca valida explained

Yucca valida is a plant species in the family Asparagaceae, native to the Mexican states of Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, and Sinaloa. The common name is datilillo.^[1]

Yucca valida is a large, branched species up to 7 m (23 feet) tall. Leaves are rigid and lance-like, up to 35 cm (14 inches) long. Dead leaves hang onto the plant below the living leaves, forming a skirt around the trunk. Flowers are white, forming juicy, edible black fruits up to 4.5 cm (1.8 inches) long.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. Brandegee, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 2, 2: 208, t. 11. 1889.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=_cq3v-RH5nMC&dq=Yucca+Brandegee&pg=PA44 W. Hodgson. Food Plants of the Sonoran Desert. University of Arizona Press.
3. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and Flora of the Sonoran Desert. 2 vols. Stanford University Press, Stanford.
4. http://www.oceanoasis.org/fieldguide/yucc-val.html San Diego Natural History Museum, Ocean Oasis Field Guide