Solanaceae Datura wrightii Regel

Sacred Thornapple

Cahuilla - Drug, Other

Use documented by:
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel, 1972, Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants, Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press, page 60

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Scientific name: Datura wrightii Regel
USDA symbol: DAWR2 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Sacred Thornapple
Family: Solanaceae
Family (APG): Solanaceae
Native American Tribe: Cahuilla
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Other
Notes: Plant used to diagnose ailments and permitted the shamans to 'see' the pain or disease.

RECRD: 11404 id: 12133

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