Copy Reference The Upas Tree: Its Poison Now a Boon
Year:1984 Issue:6
Column: Things Chinese
Author: XIAO BANGSEN
Release Date:1984-06-01
Page: 6
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THE UPAS TREE is famed throughout Southeast Asia for its deadly poison. Its branches, trunk and seeds yield a latex containing glucosides which act on the heart. It was once believed that humans or...
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