rom AR,EVIEW OF THE LITERATURE, 1941- 1953

BOMBACACEAE
BOMBACOPSIS QUINATA (Jacq.) Dugand.
Pochote. cedro espino.
The wood is susceptible to termites.-­
Wolcott (226).
BOMBACOPSIS SEPIUM Pittier.
An aqueous extract of the wood was nontoxic
to American and German cockroaches.
An alcohol extract was nontoxic to German
cockroaches, milkweed bugs, and larva_e of
the webbing clothes moth, black carpet
beetle, and Aedes mosquito.--Heal and coworkers
(93Y:--
CEIBA PENT ANDRA (L.) Gaertn. Synonym:
Eriodendron anfractuosum.
Aqueous extracts of the branche s and of
the roots were very toxic to American
cockroaches when injected into the blood
stream, but German cockroaches and milkweed
bugs were unaffected after immersion
in the extracts. Alcohol, petroleum ether,
and chloroform extracts of each part were
nontoxic to German cockroaches, milkweed
bugs. confused flour beetles, and larvae of
the webbing clothes moth, black carpet
beetle. and Aedes mosquito.--Heal and coworkers
(93).
aCHROMA PYRAMIDALE (Cav.) Urban.
Balsa.
The wood is very susceptible to termites.--Wolcott
(225).
aCHROMA sp.
An aqueous extract of the - stems and
leaves was nontoxic to German and American
cockroaches and milkweed bugs. --Heal
and coworkers (93).
BORAGlNACEAE
AMSINCKIA INTERMEDlA Fisch. Sot Mey.
An aqueous extract of the whole plant was
very toxic to American cockroaches when
injected into the blood stream. but German
cock:roaches and milkweed bugs were unaffected
after immersion in the extract.
Alcohol, petroleum ether, and chloroform
extracts were nontoxic to German cockroaches,
milkweed bugs, and larvae of the
webbing clothes moth, black carpet beetle,
and Aedes and Anopheles mosquitoes. An
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aqueous extract of the seeds was nontoxic
to German and American cockroache sand
milkweed bugs. Petroleum ether extracts
of the seeds were toxic to black carpet
beetle larvae only, while alcohol and chloroform
extracts of the seeds were nontoxic
to all these species.--Heal and coworkers
(93 ).
ANCHUSA OFFICINALIS L. Anchusa.
An acetone extract of the whole plant was
nontoxic to mosquito larvae. --Hartzell (90).
ANCHUSA sp.
An aqueous extract ofthe stems and leaves
was toxic to American cockroaches when
injected into the blood stream, but German
cockroaches and milkweed bugs were unaffected
after immersion in the extract. -­
Heal and coworkers ('lJ).
ANTIOTREMA DUNNIANUM Hand-Mazz.
The plant showed little toxicity to silkworm
and Mexican bean beetle larvae and
bean aphids.--Lee and Hansberry (129).
BOURRERIA SUCCULENTA Jacq.
An aqueous extract of the branches and
leaves was nontoxic to German and American
cockroaches and milkweed bugs.--Heal
and coworkers (9]).
CORDIA ALLIODORA Cham. S y non y m:
Cerdana alliodora. Spanish elm.
The wood is resistant totermites.--Wolcott
(225).
The heartwood of this tree from Costa
Rica was very resistant to termites.-­
Scheffel' and Duncan (191).
CORDIA CYLINDRISTACHYA Roem. &
Schult.
An aqueous extract of the roots was toxic
to American cockroaches when injected into
the blood stream, but German cockroaches
and milkweed bugs were unaffected after
immersion in the extract.--Heal and coworkers
(93).
CORDIA GOELDIANARuber. Brazilianwalnut.
The wood is susceptible to termites. -­
Wolcott (225)