Solanaceae Datura wrightii Regel

Sacred Thornapple

Costanoan - Drug, Cathartic

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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Scientific name: Datura wrightii Regel
USDA symbol: DAWR2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sacred Thornapple
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Costanoan
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Cathartic
Notes: Dried leaves smoked as a purgative.

RECRD: 84946 id: 12154

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