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

 Sophora secundiflora (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Mescal Bean

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses 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 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 *
Poison US Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Psychedelic Amerindian *
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.