Euphorbiaceae

This euphorbia has a questionable reputation as a

hallucinogen (Schultes and Farnsworth 1982, 187*;

Schultes and Hofmann 1980,367*). This assumption

apparently dates back to a report by Victor A.

Reko in his book Magische Gifte [Magical Poisons]

(1938, 176-81*), which claimed that North American

Yaqui Indians use the crushed seeds of the

plant as a tonic during strenuous exertion.