| Datura wrightii Regel Sacred Thornapple USDA DAWR2 |
Zuni Drug, Narcotic Powdered root given as a narcotic for surgery. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 46, 48 |
| Datura wrightii Regel Sacred Thornapple USDA DAWR2 |
Zuni Drug, Narcotic Used as a narcotic. Castetter, Edward F. and Ruth M. Underhill, 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest II. The Ethnobiology of the Papago Indians, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(3):1-84, page 26 |
| Datura wrightii Regel Sacred Thornapple USDA DAWR2 |
Zuni Other, Ceremonial Items Powdered root used by rain priests in a number of ways to ensure fruitful rains. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 88 |
| Datura wrightii Regel Sacred Thornapple USDA DAWR2 |
Zuni Other, Ceremonial Items Root pieces chewed by a robbery victim in order to find out the thief's identity. The root was given to the victim by a rain priest. The victim was told to chew the root and that the medicine would induce dreams of the thief. The rain priest would ask the victim to tell him everything he remembered in his dream so that he could identify the thief and recover the stolen property. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 88 |
| Datura wrightii Regel Sacred Thornapple USDA DAWR2 |
Zuni Other, Ceremonial Items Wood used as a favorite firewood, but more importantly in ceremonies. Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 93 |
| Krascheninnikovia lanata (Pursh) A.D.J. Meeuse & Smit Winterfat USDA KRLA2 |
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Antidote Cold infusion of plant taken as needed for datura poisoning. Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 25 |