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Calabar bean [1 record]

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Record 1 2002-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drug and Beverage Crops
DEF

the large, brown, poisonous seed of a woody tropical African vine (Physostigma venenosum) of the legume family, used in medicine as a source of physostigmine.

Key term(s)
  • deadly Calabarbean

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des plantes alcaloïfères
CONT

Physostigma venenosum, liane à fleurs rouges, à carène tordue, d'Afrique occidentale, contient un alcaloïde, la physostigmine (...) La physostigmine est aussi appelée ésérine et les graines du Physostigma, Fèves de Calabar.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de plantas que contienen alcaloides
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