Solanaceae Datura wrightii Regel

Sacred Thornapple

Paiute - Drug, Hallucinogen

Use documented by:
Steward, Julian H., 1933, Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute, University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250, page 318

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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: Paiute
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hallucinogen
Notes: Decoction of ground, soaked roots taken to have visions, especially visitations from the dead.

RECRD: 7582 id: 12216

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