Barbasco
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Barbasco is the name of several plants that contain poisonous chemical compounds that have been used for fishing by indigenous populations of the Americas: * Lonchocarpus urucu, used by Shuar and Nukak peoples as a poison for fishing. * Deguelia utilis, used in Brazil and Peru as a poison for fishing. * Jacquinia barbasco, an evergreen. * One of several inedible wild Mexican yam (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) from which progesterone can be synthesized.
Barbasco is the name of several plants that contain poisonous chemical compounds that have been used for fishing by indigenous populations of the Americas: Lonchocarpus urucu, used by Shuar and Nukak peoples as a poison for fishing. Deguelia utilis, used in Brazil and Peru as a poison for fishing. Jacquinia barbasco, an evergreen. One of several inedible wild Mexican yam (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) from which progesterone can be synthesized.
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