Solanaceae Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple
Apache, White Mountain - Drug, Disinfectant
Use documented by:
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 156
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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: Apache, White Mountain
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Disinfectant
Notes: Plant juice or ground flowers and roots used as a disinfectant.
RECRD: 84940 id: 12123