[NAFEX] Interesting article on "suicide tree"
Joe Hecksel
jhecksel at voyager.net
Tue Nov 30 13:08:11 EST 2004
> An Indian tree with poisonous fruit is used by more people to commit
> suicide than any other plant in the world and has a barely-investigated
> role in murder, French and Indian scientists say.
<snip>
> "a few kernels are mixed with food containing plenty
> of chillies to cover the bitter taste
Is it safe to presume that breeding work to improve the flavor is
proceeding slowly.
Tongue in cheek
-Joe
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