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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Sophora secundiflora (Fabaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Mescal Bean

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Use	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	Mexico	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Narcotic	US	Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Poison	Elsewhere
Poison	Mexico(Kickapoo)
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.
Psychedelic	Amerindian