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Martius, Ernst Wilhelm,1756-1849.
Erlangen : In der Waltherischen Buchhandlung,
1792.
Describes the anchar tree (Antiaris toxicaria) and upas, a Javanese word meaning poison, and specially, the gum of this tree. The tree, a native of the Sunda Islands, was used to envenom the darts of the natives. It is described as having a straight stem without branches and its bark yields the juice from which poison is extracted.
Signatures: [pi]1, A-B8, C6.
Includes bibliographical references.
Martius (1756-1849), pharmacist and botanist at Erlangen, was the father of Carl friedrich Martius and the co-foundter of the Regensburgische botanische Gesellschaft.
Describes the anchar tree (Antiaris toxicaria) and upas, a Javanese word meaning poison, and specially, the gum of this tree. The tree, a native of the Sunda Islands, was used to envenom the darts of the natives. It is described as having a straight stem without branches and its bark yields the juice from which poison is extracted.
Upas.
Poisonous plants.
Antiaris.
Poisons.
Plants, Toxic.