Solanaceae Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple
Mahuna - Drug, Snake Bite Remedy
Use documented by:
Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 43
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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: Mahuna
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Snake Bite Remedy
Notes: Plant used as an antivenom for rattlesnakebites.
RECRD: 84961 id: 12199