Fevillea cordifolia
Fevillea cordifolia
Safety & Hazards
The seeds are used in a hunting poison[ 348 Title Medicinal Plants of the Guianas Publication Author DeFilipps, R. A.; Maina, S. L.; & Crepin, J. Website http://botany.si.edu/bdg/medicinal/index.html Publisher Smithsonian Museum Year 0 ISBN Description A down-loadable PDF document of a book in pre-publication awaiting illustration. An excellent, if rather terse, guide to the traditional medicinal uses of the plants of the region ].
Botanical Description
Antidote vine is a vigorous, perennial climbing plant, scrambling over the ground and climbing into other vegetation, where it secures itself by means of tendrils[ 346 Title Economic Plants. An index to Economic Products of the Vegetable Kingdom in Jamaica Publication Author Fawcett. W. Publisher Government of Jamaica, Kingston. Year 1891 ISBN Description A nice little guide giving a terse description and details of useful plants grown economically in Jamaica. Rather dated, so many of the names have been changed since then. Also available for download from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use of its oil-rich seed and for its medicinal applications. The species has been recommended as a commercial oil crop for tropical rain forests[ 301 Title Cornucopia II Publication Author Facciola. S. Publisher Kampong Publications, California. Year 1998 ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 Description The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc. ].