Rutaceae Ptelea trifoliata ssp. pallida var. pallida (Greene) V. Bailey

Pallid Hoptree

Havasupai - Other, Weapon

Use documented by:
Weber, Steven A. and P. David Seaman, 1985, Havasupai Habitat: A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian Culture, Tucson. The University of Arizona Press, page 229

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Scientific name: Ptelea trifoliata ssp. pallida var. pallida (Greene) V. Bailey
USDA symbol: PTTRP4 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Pallid Hoptree
Family: Rutaceae
Family (APG): Rutaceae
Native American Tribe: Havasupai
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Weapon
Notes: Leaves made into poison and used on arrow tips in warfare. The leaves, which had a strong odor, were pounded up together with jimson weed, scorpions and other noxious items. It was said that even a slight scratch from an arrow so treated would insure death.

RECRD: 7298 id: 31433

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