Jatropha Urens
By Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Jatropha urens. (The most poisonous plant known.)
Natural order , Euphorbiaceæ.
Authority.
Kew Gardens Quarterly Rev., Dec. 1851 (Am. J. Med. Sci., N. S., 23, 1852), Mr Smith in reaching over the plant touched his wrist against the fine bristly stings.
- Numbness and swelling of the lips.
- The action of the poison was on the heart; circulation was stopped, and Mr. Smith soon fell unconscious; the last thing he remembered being cries of "Run for the doctor."