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60 - Borassus flabellifer D. Jesse Wagstaff
Common Names:
candelabra flower; Cape poison bulb; gifbloom; gifbol;
kafir onion; lesoma; oxkiller; seeroogblom; sore-eye flower
Citations:
du Plooy WJ, Swart L, van Huysteen GW (2001) Poisoning
with Boophane disticha: A forensic case. Hum Exp
Toxicol 20:277-278.
Gordon I (1947) A case of fatal buphanine poisoning. Clin
Proc 6:90-93.
Laing RO (1979) Three cases of poisoning by Boophane disticha.
Cent Afr J Med 25(12):265-266.
Nyazema NZ (1986) Herbal toxicity in Zimbabwe. Trans R
Soc Trop Med Hyg 80(3):448-450.
Steyn DG (1934) Recent investigations into the toxicity
of known and unknown poisonous plants in the Union
of South Africa. Onderstepoort J Vet Sci Anim Indus
3(1):125-130.
boor tree –see– Sambucus nigra L.
booroo molie –see– Goodia lotifolia Salisb.
bootlace plant –see– Pimelea trichostachya Lindl.
booty tree –see– Sambucus nigra L.
bopple nut –see– Macadamia integrifolia Maiden & Betche;
Macadamia tetraphylla L. A. S. Johnson
b o r a s s u s f l a b e l l i f e r L. [Arecaceae]
Common Names:
palmyra palm
Citations:
Arseculeratne SN, Grieg JB, Sirisinha S (1984) The immunosuppressive
effect of palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer)
flour is not associated with its neurotoxic fraction. Asian
Pac J Allergy Immunol 2(1):13-16.
Arseculeratne SN, Panabokke RG, Tennekoon GE, et al.
(1971) Toxic effects of Borassus flabellifer (palmyrah
palm) in rats. Br J Exp Pathol 52(5):524-537.
Panabokke RG, Arseculeratne SN (1976) Veno-occlusive
lesions in the liver of rats after prolonged feeding with
palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer) flour. Br J Exp Pathol
57(2):189-199.
Sumudunie KA, Jansz ER, Jayasekera S, et al. (2004) The
neurotoxic effect of palmyrah (Borassus flabellifer) flour
re-visited. Int J Food Sci Nutr 55(8):607-614.
Borgia’s-bouquet –see– Pimelea trichostachya Lindl.
borico –see– Plumbago scandens L.
borrachero –see– Brugmansia ×candida Pers.
borsteuphorbia –see– Euphorbia leuconeura Boiss.
b o s c i a f o e Ti d a Schinz [Capparaceae]
Common Names:
noeniebossie; oumiedbos; stinkbossie
Citations:
Van der Walt SJ, Steyn DG (1943) Recent investigations into
the toxicity of plants, etc. XIII. Onderstepoort J Vet Sci
Anim Indus 18(1-2):207-224.
b o s w e l l i a s e r r a Ta Roxb. ex Colebr.
[Burseraceae]
Citations:
Acebo E, Ratón JA, Sautúa S, et al. (2004) Allergic contact
dermatitis from Boswellia serrata extract in a naturopathic
cream. Contact Dermatitis 51(2):91-92.
bottle gourd –see– Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.
bottlebrush –see– Crotalaria burkeana Benth.; Equisetum
arvense L.
botuje –see– Jatropha curcas L.; Jatropha multifida L.
botuje papa –see– Jatropha gossypiifolia L.
bouquet corail –see– Jatropha multifida L.
bourdaine –see– Frangula alnus Mill.
bourse-à-pasteur –see– Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik.
bourtree –see– Sambucus nigra L.
bouton d’or –see– Ranunculus acris L.
bowwood –see– Maclura pomifera (Raf.) C. K. Schneid.
b o w d ic h i a n i Ti d a Spruce ex Benth. [Fabaceae]
Common Names:
sebipira; sicopira; sucupira
Citations:
Gonçalo, S (1992) Allergic contact dermatitis from Bowdichia
nitida (sucupira) wood. Contact Dermatitis 26(3):205.
Hausen BM, Simatupang MH, Kingreen JC (1972) Untersuchungen
zur Überempfindlichkeit gegen Sucupira - und
Palisanderholz. Derm Beruf Umwelt 20(1):1-7.
b o w e n i a s e r r u l a Ta (W. Bull) Chamb.
[Zamiaceae]
Common Names:
bigfield fern; Byfield fern
Citations:
Anderson JL, Hall WT (1964) Neurotoxic effects from cycad
leaves. Fed Proc 23:1349.
Hall WT, McGavin MD (1968) Clinical and neuropathological
changes in cattle eating the leaves of Macrozamia
lucida or Bowenia serrulata (Family Zamiaceae). Pathol
Vet 5(1):26-34.
Seawright AA, Oelrichs PB, Ng JC, et al. (1998) The toxicity
of the Australian cycad Bowenia serrulata to cattle. In:
Garland T, Barr AC (eds.) Toxic plants and other natural
toxicants. CABI. New York. pp. 447-452.
bowman’s-root –see– Apocynum cannabinum L.
box –see– Buxus sempervirens L.
boxberry –see– Gaultheria procumbens L.
boxchechem –see– Metopium brownei (Jacq.) Urb.
boxthorn –see– Lycium barbarum L.
boxwood –see– Buxus sempervirens L.
boys-and-girls –see– Mercurialis annua L.