Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-644.65.12
Antiaris toxicaria
English: Bark cloth tree; Antiaris; False iroko; Upas tree.
Names: Javanese, upas or ancar, meaning watchman, messenger and courier; Indonesian, bemu; Filipino upas; Malaysian, antiaris and ancar; Thai, yangyong; Mandinka, jafo; Wolof, kan or man.
Use: poison for arrows, darts and blowdarts.
Content: cardenolides, antiarin.