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

 Poison(Arrow)

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Plant
Acokanthera abyssinica ( Ouabain )
Acokanthera longiflora
Acokanthera schimperi
Aconitum napellus ( Aconito, Aconito Napello, Blauer Eisenhut, Duivelskruid, European Monkshood, Kaplanbogan, Monk'Shood, Monkshood, Stormhat, Tue Loup, Uva Verga, Yoshu-Tori-Kabuto )
Adenium hongkel
Adenium obesum ( Desert Rose )
Adenium speciosum
Alocasia denudata
Alstonia scholaris ( Dita, Pha Ya Sat Ta Ban, Poele, Pulai, Pulai bukit, Pule, Saptachada )
Annona ambotay
Antiaris africana
Antiaris toxicaria ( Anchar, Upas Tree, Upasr )
Boophone disticha
Calotropis procera ( Al Dibaj, Giant Milkweed )
Carruthersia macgregorii
Chondrodendron tomentosum ( Curare, Grieswurzel, Pareira, Pareira Brava, Vigne Sauvage )
Chondrodendron toxicoferum
Cissus quadrangularis ( Ipoh akar )
Cocculus laurifolius ( Koshu-U-Yaku(Isoyama-Aoki) )
Colocasia indica
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*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.