Seeds and fruit and poisonous spike - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 58388 | |||||
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| No Image | 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) | ||||