Re: Gorgonidium vermicidium

From: Piabinha at aol.com on 2000.09.08 at 05:03:30(5380) In a message dated 9/7/2000 11:19:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, edggon@hotmail.com writes: > Many Spathicarpoids are very poisonous and there +More > are some anedoctal evidence that the indians used grated tubers of both > species in wounds infested with larvae of flies ("worms"). If it really > works, I don't know! The only thing I can assure is that most Spathicarpoids > > are "homicidum", i.e., they can kill people! Never eat raw tubers of > Gorgonidium, Taccarum, Asterostigma, etc! Remember that Dieffenbachia > (dumb-cane) is phylogenetically very close to the Spathicarpoids and in fact > > could be considered one of them. > > Best wishes, > > Eduardo. dear edu, please call me tsuh yang, as it is my first name, i just don't use a hyphen... how can i make sure my squirrels eat the tuber? the whole top plant rotted this week but i still have a tuber... thank you and lord P. for writing. tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA

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