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Calia secundiflora (Mescal Bean) Guide

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Names

Family

Fabaceae

Botanical Name

Calia secundiflora (Ortega) Yakovlev

Synonym(s)

Sophora secundiflora

English Name(s)

Mescal Bean

Chinese Name(s)

Description

Size & Growth Habit

Leaves

Flowers

Cultivars & Hybrids

Cultivation

By Seed

By Cutting

Soil

Water

Feeding

Light

Pruning

Climate

Other

Other

Human Uses

WARNING! These seeds are deadly toxic, they are VERY dangerous to consume! DO NOT, for any reason, ingest these seeds.

Chemicals/Activities

Chemical Name

Plant part

PPM (parts per million)

Chemical activities

CYTISINE

Seed

Unknown

Antiinflammatory; Hallucinogenic; Molluscicide; Nematistat; Pesticide; Pressor; Psychoactive; Respirastimulant; Teratogenic; Toxic.

SPARTEINE

Plant

Unknown.

Abortifacient; Antiarrhythmic; Antiganglionic 1 mg/kg ivn cat; Antiinflammatory; Antioxidant; Antiperoxidant; Antitachycardic; Bradycardic; Cardiodepressant 5 mg/kg ivn rbt; Cathartic; Curaroid; Diuretic; Hypoglycemic; Insecticide; Molluscicide; Oxytocic; Pesticide; Respiradepressant; Tachycardiagenic; Uterocontractant

Links

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Pictures

Sophora secundiflora

Sophora secundiflora seeds germinating.

 Sophora secundiflora

Sophora secundiflora plant.
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