Solanaceae Datura wrightii Regel

Sacred Thornapple

Hopi - Drug, Hallucinogen

Use documented by:
Colton, Harold S., 1974, Hopi History And Ethnobotany, IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York., page 306

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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: Hopi
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Hallucinogen
Notes: Root chewed to induce visions by medicine man while making a diagnosis.

RECRD: 21371 id: 12170