Re: Unusual Plants

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• To: "Randall, Rod" <R*@sp.agric.wa.gov.au>
• Subject: Re: Unusual Plants
• From: K* L* <k*@fern.com>
• Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 18:25:26 -0700 (PDT)

On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Randall, Rod wrote:

> Oh and the use of ground up buckeye seed for fish poison reminded me of
> a native plant used in the Kimberley region of Australia. The seed are
> little black and red beads commonly made into necklaces but are also
> ground up and used as a fish poison.  Can't for the life of me think of
> a name though.  I am hopeless at remembering names.

Abrus precatorius, precatory bean, perhaps?  

Wolffia is moderatly closely related to philodendrons, BTW.

Kay Lancaster    kay@fern.com

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