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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Strychnos sp

Common Name
Kurarebaum; Pijlgiftboom; Curare

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Poison English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison(Arrow) Brazil Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Rabies German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Splenomegaly Philippines Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Tetanus Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.