native american ethnobotony

here's an amazing resource... it is the database of plants and their native american uses:


click on the picture for the link!

thought that it might be interesting to have a catalog of look-ups along with their results. let me start off with...

Search for hallucinogen found 30 matches: Acorus calamus L.
Calamus; Acoraceae
Cree, Alberta Drug (Hallucinogen)
Root chewed for the hallucinogenic effects.
Smith, G. Warren 1973 Arctic Pharmacognosia. Arctic 26:324-333 (p. 331)



Cardamine concatenata (Michx.) Sw.
Cutleaf Toothwort; Brassicaceae
Iroquois Drug (Hallucinogen)
Plant used to mesmerize.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 339)


Clematis virginiana L.
Devil's Darning Needles; Ranunculaceae
Iroquois Drug (Hallucinogen)
Decoction of stems used as a wash to induce strange dreams.
Herrick, James William 1977 Iroquois Medical Botany. State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis (p. 330)


Cypripedium parviflorum var. pubescens (Willd.) Knight
Greater Yellow Lady's Slipper; Orchidaceae
Menominee Drug (Hallucinogen)
Plant used in sacred bundles to induce dreams of the supernatural.
Smith, Huron H. 1923 Ethnobotany of the Menomini Indians. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:1-174 (p. 44)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Cahuilla Drug (Hallucinogen)
Most universally used hallucinogenic and medicinal plant known to man.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel 1972 Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants. Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press (p. 60)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Cahuilla Drug (Hallucinogen)
Used by the shaman to transcend reality and enter other worlds.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel 1972 Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants. Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press (p. 60)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Chumash Drug (Hallucinogen)
Most universally used hallucinogenic and medicinal plant known to man.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel 1972 Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants. Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press (p. 60)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Coahuilla Drug (Hallucinogen)
Plant used as a "delirient," but with extreme danger, as it can cause death.
Barrows, David Prescott 1967 The Ethno-Botany of the Coahuilla Indians of Southern California. Banning CA. Malki Museum Press. Originally Published 1900 (p. 80)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Costanoan Drug (Hallucinogen)
Dried leaves smoked as a hallucinogen.
Bocek, Barbara R. 1984 Ethnobotany of Costanoan Indians, California, Based on Collections by John P. Harrington. Economic Botany 38(2):240-255 (p. 14)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Diegueno Drug (Hallucinogen)
Most universally used hallucinogenic and medicinal plant known to man.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel 1972 Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants. Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press (p. 60)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Diegueno Drug (Hallucinogen)
Well known as a hallucinogenic plant used in rites marking boys' initiation into the toloache cult.
Hedges, Ken 1986 Santa Ysabel Ethnobotany. San Diego Museum of Man Ethnic Technology Notes, No. 20 (p. 17)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Gabrielino Drug (Hallucinogen)
Most universally used hallucinogenic and medicinal plant known to man.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel 1972 Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants. Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press (p. 60)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Hopi Drug (Hallucinogen)
Root chewed to induce visions by medicine man while making a diagnosis.
Colton, Harold S. 1974 Hopi History And Ethnobotany. IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York. (p. 306)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Hopi Drug (Hallucinogen)
Roots chewed by doctor to induce visions while making diagnosis.
Whiting, Alfred F. 1939 Ethnobotany of the Hopi. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15 (p. 31, 89)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Kawaiisu Drug (Hallucinogen)
Plant used as a hallucinogen to induce dreams and visions.
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 23)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Luiseno Drug (Hallucinogen)
Most universally used hallucinogenic and medicinal plant known to man.
Bean, Lowell John and Katherine Siva Saubel 1972 Temalpakh (From the Earth); Cahuilla Indian Knowledge and Usage of Plants. Banning, CA. Malki Museum Press (p. 60)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Miwok Drug (Hallucinogen)
Root eaten to induce delirium which achieved supernatural power.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford 1933 Miwok Material Culture. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11 (p. 169)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Miwok Drug (Hallucinogen)
Decoction of plant taken to induce delirium which achieved supernatural power.
Barrett, S. A. and E. W. Gifford 1933 Miwok Material Culture. Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 2(4):11 (p. 169)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Navajo, Ramah Drug (Hallucinogen)
Plant caused hallucinations and made "you drunk like from whisky."
Vestal, Paul A. 1952 The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho. Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94 (p. 42)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Paiute Drug (Hallucinogen)
Decoction of ground, soaked roots taken to have visions, especially visitations from the dead.
Steward, Julian H. 1933 Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250 (p. 31


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Paiute Drug (Hallucinogen)
Seeds eaten to see dead relatives.
Steward, Julian H. 1933 Ethnography of the Owens Valley Paiute. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology 33(3):233-250 (p. 31


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Paiute, Northern Drug (Hallucinogen)
Roots eaten to discover things or see things that could not be seen with ordinary powers.
Fowler, Catherine S. 1989 Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 126)


Datura wrightii Regel
Sacred Thornapple; Solanaceae
Shoshoni Drug (Hallucinogen)
Decoction of root taken to become unconscious and have visions.
Murphey, Edith Van Allen 1990 Indian Uses of Native Plants. Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959 (p. 50)


Ilex vomitoria Ait.
Yaupon; Aquifoliaceae
Cherokee Drug (Hallucinogen)
Used to "evoke ecstasies."
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey 1975 Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History. Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co. (p. 12, 62)


Lophophora williamsii (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Coult.
Peyote; Cactaceae
Ponca Drug (Hallucinogen)
Dried flesh "buttons" eaten to cause auditory and visual hallucinations.
Howard, James 1965 The Ponca Tribe. SI-BAE Bulletin #195 (p. 4


Magnolia virginiana L.
Laurel; Magnoliaceae
Rappahannock Drug (Hallucinogen)
Leaves or bark placed in cupped hands, over nose and inhaled as "mild dope."
Speck, Frank G., R.B. Hassrick and E.S. Carpenter 1942 Rappahannock Herbals, Folk-Lore and Science of Cures. Proceedings of the Delaware County Institute of Science 10:7-55. (p. 2


Mirabilis multiflora (Torr.) Gray
Colorado Four O'clock; Nyctaginaceae
Hopi Drug (Hallucinogen)
Root chewed by medicine man to induce visions while making a diagnosis.
Colton, Harold S. 1974 Hopi History And Ethnobotany. IN D. A. Horr (ed.) Hopi Indians. Garland: New York. (p. 334)


Mirabilis multiflora var. multiflora
Colorado Four O'clock; Nyctaginaceae
Hopi Drug (Hallucinogen)
Roots chewed by doctor to induce visions while making diagnosis.
Whiting, Alfred F. 1939 Ethnobotany of the Hopi. Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin #15 (p. 31, 75)


Nicotiana quadrivalvis var. bigelovii (Torr.) DeWolf
Bigelow's Tobacco; Solanaceae
Kawaiisu Drug (Hallucinogen)
Plant eaten to cause dreams.
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 43)


Thamnosma montana Torr. & Fr�m.
Turpentinebroom; Rutaceae
Kawaiisu Drug (Hallucinogen)
Infusion of plant taken by medicine men "to go crazy like coyotes."
Zigmond, Maurice L. 1981 Kawaiisu Ethnobotany. Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press (p. 67)


enjoy...

Very neat! Thanks! I'm curious about the hallucinogen that is used to see dead people... hah.. I believe it to an extent

heheheh... glad you like it kirby. wanna see something funny? look up cannabis.

I just spent the last 2 hours researching Datura after seeing how many ancient society's used it in this thread. Its a weed, grows in all states except 4 random ones, and is very very easy to grow just like any other plant. There's 12-15 strains of Datura, one of the most common being Inoxia.

After researching, and reading many trips people have on this plant... its amazing and scary.

Eating ONE LEAF, or 10-20 SEEDS, is enough to make you trip for 3 days to a month, depending on the dosage. Flowers on the plant are very beautiful, and eating one of them is all you need. They can be purchased at ETHNOBOTANICALS Bouncing Bear Botanicals, along with foliage, seeds, and flowers.. I get all my shit from that site, from Salvia to Kava. Took 2 days to receive my order, WoW!

Anyways, this plant is nothing to fuck with :
"Their have been many reported fatalities from accidental poisoning and people seeking a thrill. We strongly discourage anyone who is contemplating ingesting any part of this plant. The shamans and indians who used this in the past where very knowledgable about the plant and its effects. Datura should be respected and admired for its beauty and long history of shamanic use."

The trip is so different than other trips, mainly that YOU CANNOT DISTINGUISH REALITY FROM FALSEHOOD. You will "see" people you think 10000% are real, and have conversations with them sometimes lasting HOURS, or play with objects in your hand, smoke invisible ciggerttes, and many other things. It's crazy. However, the side effects are what suck, such as tripping / having random trips for a week to a month depending on doage, and having very blurred vision from it for a day or more, unable to read a book. If anyone else is interested in trying this herb, read experiences on Erowid, Erowid Experience Vaults: Datura (also Jimson Weed, Thorn Apple) Main Index

Hope the info was usefull, it anyone has tried this drug let us know

I Knew someone who died after smoking Dautra... you shouldnt really play with these things...
it is also said that california tribes who are woman dominant are so,
because a part of manhood in southern tribes would be to smoke and consume the plant
causing many mental problems in the men to focus on reality, and not their spiritual self..
Edit .. i looked up cannabis and the only place that it is absent is nevada...
but then again they are showing Sativa L.. (aka hemp) ?

I want to take some and go to these massacre sites and do my own ghost hunting...4 realz. Ghost adventure type shit. Is peyote in that list?

don't take datura lightly....it can fuck you up

I thought Yaupon, the Cherokee hallucinogen is interesting since it's a native and decorative tree around here. plus my grandma was a cherokee lol

kirby said:

Eating ONE LEAF, or 10-20 SEEDS, is enough to make you trip for 3 days to a month, depending on the dosage.

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You are kidding right? That is horse shit.


You don't trip for three days, you trip for under one and feel like shit for a couple days after. Trip for a month my ass.