Solanaceae Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple
Paiute - Other, Good Luck Charm
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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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: Paiute
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Good Luck Charm
Notes: Seeds eaten for good luck while gambling and enabled the eater to guess correctly in the hand game.
RECRD: 7584 id: 12221