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Sacred Thorn-apple
Datura wrightii
Details & Attributes
| Plant Type(s) | Herb |
| Size In relative feet, width by height |
7 X 4 |
| Description | Broad, deep green with a bluish tint |
| Flower Color | White |
| Fruit | Spiny |
| Range Map | Click Here to View |
| Sun | Full |
| Freeze Tolerance | Poor |
| Ethnobotany/Medical | Apache use plant juice, flower, roots as disinfectant. Cahuilla and others use leaf powder to make ointment for setting bones. Also used as antidote for tarantula, snake, spider and poisonous insect bites. In Cahuilla given to Shaman so he may visit the land of the dead and offer messages to those living. In other tribes given to medicine men to -see- the disease and give proper diagnosis. Used in numerous tribes in ceremonies marking boy initiation into manhood. Plant is the most poisonous narcotic known. |
| Water Needs | Low, Moderate |
