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Calabar bean
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English
thumb|Physostigma venenosum species, the Calabar bean
Etymology
From its ancient use in trial by ordeal in the Calabar region of Nigeria.
Noun
A seed of a tropical leguminous plant of species Physostigma venenosum species of tropical Africa, poisonous to humans.
en ordeal bean
References
1 Physostigma venenosum
1 Physostigma venenosum
en Phaseoleae tribe plants Poisons