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Foray into the world of fungi
by: Christina Harrison, Kew magazine blog05 Nov 2010
This week Kew magazine editor Christina Harrison has been mainly...looking at fungi!
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The 'tanghin ordeal'
by: Charlotte Rowley, Library, Art and Archives blog20 Oct 2010
Read about the toxic plant used in poison ordeals in Madagascar as described by the botanist Charles Telfair in 1829.
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Pachypodium lealii
The bottle tree owes its name to the unusual swollen shape of its trunk, which acts as a water store. Traditional hunters in northern Namibia have used its highly toxic sap as an arrow poison.
Nerium oleander
Nerium oleander, commonly known as oleander, is a highly toxic plant that has been cultivated since ancient times.
