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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Sophora secundiflora

Common Name
Mescal Bean

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Uses for this plant.
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 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) *
Poison Elsewhere *
Psychedelic Amerindian *