Lonchocarpus—A fish-poison insecticide

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Oct 1947 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Economic Botany, volume 1, pages 427-436 (issn: 0013-0001, eissn: 1874-9364,

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Authors: E. C. Higbee;

doi: 10.1007/bf02858907

Lonchocarpus—A fish-poison insecticide

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The roots of this tropical vine are the source of the valuable insecticide rotenone, non-toxic to humans, and were imported into the United States in 1946 from Brazil and Peru, from both wild and cultivated material, to the extent of more than 11 million pounds.

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