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Pentalinon luteum
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Pentalinon luteum

Pentalinon luteum

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
1/5

Safety & Hazards

An arrow poison is made from the plant[1]. The plant is also used to stupefy fish[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitClimber
Growth—

Not known

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Pentalinon+luteum>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
  2. [2]Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. Vol. 51 — Acevedo-Rodríguez P. (Editor) · Smithsonian Institution; Washington. · 2005 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A treatment of the climbing plants of Puerto Rico. It can be downloaded from the Internet.