Solanaceae Nicotiana obtusifolia var. obtusifolia

Desert Tobacco

Hopi - Other, Ceremonial Items

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 90

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Scientific name: Nicotiana obtusifolia var. obtusifolia
USDA symbol: NIOBO (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Desert Tobacco
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Hopi
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Items
Notes: Plant smoked in pipes for ceremonial purposes only.

RECRD: 90265 id: 23857

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