Allamanda cathartica

665.25.12 Allamanda cathartica
English: Yellow Bell; Golden Trumpet; Buttercup Flower
Use: arrow poison; fruit, bitter, sweet and edible when ripe.
Content: allamandin, a toxic iridoid lactone.
Source: Dr. Frederich Allamanda (1735-1803), a Swiss botanist.

Body
General: cathartic, antibacterial, anticancer.
Skin: rashes, itch, blisters.

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