Latua
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latua-166-13213502
title:
Latua
text:
Latua pubiflora is the single species of the monotypic genus Latua, endemic to the coastal mountains of southern Chile. A shrub or small tree to 10 m in height, bearing attractive, magenta-to-red, hummingbird-pollinated flowers, it is extremely poisonous – hallucinogenic (deliriant) in smaller doses – due to tropane alkaloid content and is used by Chilean machi (shamans) of the Mapuche–Huilliche people in traditional medicine, as a poison and to enter trance states. Its elegant flowers and yello
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encyclopedia
description:
Genus of flowering plants in the tomato family Solanaceae
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latua
date created:
2007-09-22T15:44:44Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T00:54:51Z
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13
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