Recent investigations into the toxicity of plants, etc., in the Union of South Africa

Abstract

The toxicity of 16 plants was investigated. Of these the following four were, according to the literature available to the author, for the first time proved to be poisonous: Encephalartos horrridus Lehm., Royena decidua Burch., Eucomis undulata Ait., Scilla rigidifolia Kunth. The toxicity of Dowicide P was determined.