Seeds and fruit and poisonous spike - Specimen details

Seeds and fruit and poisonous spike - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 58388

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Plant Name 57.01 LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE Abrus precatorius Entry Book Number
Artefact Name Seeds and fruit and poisonous spike Vernacular Name
Iso Country India TDWG Region India
Parts Held Seeds and fruit and poisonous spike Geography Description India
Uses Seeds and fruit and poisonous spikeUse: VERTEBRATE POISONS User: Man TDWG use VERTEBRATE POISONS
Storage Bottles, boxes etc Related Items
Donor Pharm Soc GB Donor No 19 G 1
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Notes: Label source: No 148 of Museum Cat 1878 Test tube containing poisonous spike made from seed. A birthday gift of a necklace of African beads made by girls to their teacher five years ago may be lethal. The beads, bright red with small black spots are mad, e from peas which grow in Mexico, Africa, and Asia. Inside the husk is a fatal poison called abrin. A tiny fragment of one of the beads could cause death. The beads are commonly used as necklaces... (See enclosed article from newspaper)

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