Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Sophora secundiflora

Common Name
Mescal Bean

Activities

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Ear) Mexico(Kickapoo) *
Fatality US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Hallucinogen Mexico *
Hallucinogenic US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Homicide Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Insecticide Elsewhere *
Intoxicant US(Amerindian) Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Narcotic US Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Narcotic Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Poison Elsewhere *
Poison US Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Poison Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Poison Mexico(Kickapoo) *
Psychedelic Amerindian *