Solanaceae Datura wrightii Regel

Sacred Thornapple

Yokut - Drug, Ceremonial Medicine

Use documented by:
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 423

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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: Yokut
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Ceremonial Medicine
Notes: Decoction of roots used as a ceremonial narcotic.

RECRD: 6826 id: 12235

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