Cactaceae Lophophora williamsii (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Coult.

Peyote

Kiowa - Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy

Use documented by:
Vestal, Paul A. and Richard Evans Schultes, 1939, The Economic Botany of the Kiowa Indians, Cambridge MA. Botanical Museum of Harvard University, page 43

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Scientific name: Lophophora williamsii (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Coult.
USDA symbol: LOWI (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Peyote
Family: Cactaceae
Family (APG): Cactaceae
Native American Tribe: Kiowa
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Misc. Disease Remedy
Notes: Decoction of plants taken for grippe and scarlet fever.

RECRD: 89173 id: 21251

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