Solanaceae Datura wrightii Regel

Sacred Thornapple

Navajo - Drug, Veterinary Aid

Use documented by:
Hocking, George M., 1956, Some Plant Materials Used Medicinally and Otherwise by the Navaho Indians in the Chaco Canyon, New Mexico, El Palacio 56:146-165, page 160

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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: Navajo
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Veterinary Aid
Notes: Infusion of leaf used as wash for wounds of sheep after castration.

RECRD: 84962 id: 12202

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