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66. HuiLIHUISTE 



Karwinskia Calderonii 

 POISON 



The seeds of the fruits of the huilihuiste tree are highly 

 poisonous. The small almost black fruits are juicy and attrac- 

 tive in appearance, but the juice and flesh, while harmless, 

 should never be eaten. Several varieties of this tree are found 

 from southwestern Texas through Mexico to western Nicaragua. 

 Some of the trees are small and some are fairly large, but they 

 always grow in dry regions, and are never found close to the 

 Atlantic Coast. In Central America the tree is also called 

 tuilldora, and in Mexico cacachila. 



