Solanaceae Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple
Costanoan - Drug, Analgesic
Use documented by:
Bocek, Barbara R., 1984, Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington, Economic Botany 38(2):240-255, page 14
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Datura wrightii Regel
Scientific name: Datura wrightii Regel
USDA symbol: DAWR2 (
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Common names: Sacred Thornapple
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Costanoan
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Poultice of heated leaves applied for chest pains.
RECRD: 84945 id: 12153