Solanaceae Datura wrightii Regel

Sacred Thornapple

Hopi - Drug, Hallucinogen

Use documented by:
Whiting, Alfred F., 1939, Ethnobotany of the Hopi, Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15, page 31, 89

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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: Roots chewed by doctor to induce visions while making diagnosis.

RECRD: 84952 id: 12171