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

 Ryania speciosa (Flacourtiaceae)

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Euthanasia Brazil(Maku) *
Homicide Brazil(Maku) *
Insecticide Elsewhere *
Piscicide Brazil(Paumari) *
Poison Brazil(Maku) *
Poison -- Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison Brazil(Paumari) *
Suicide Brazil(Maku) *
*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.