Unonopsis veneficiorum

plant

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  • magnolia flower
    In Magnoliales: Chemicals

    …an extract from the tree Unonopsis veneficiorum to tip their poison blowgun darts and arrows; this substance has a similar paralyzing effect on humans and other animals to that caused by curare, which is obtained from the genus Strychnos of the family Loganiaceae.

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