EMERGENCY FOOD PLANTS AND POISONOUS PLANTS 



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d. Tree nettle (Laportea) .—This plant is one of the forms 

 with larger, broader leaves from the southwestern Pacific 

 area. The stinging properties and local names are the same 



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Figure 105. — Castor oil plant {Ricinus communis). 



as for the narrower-leafed form (c above) . The numerous 

 small flowers are greenish or greenish white in all these tree 

 nettles. Figure 107 (A) shows a stinging hair enlarged. The 

 curious thing about these tree nettles is that if one grasps 



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