Tannin/dyestuff

Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) at www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/tax_search.pl

B. tinctoria and other species were used by Cherokee, Kosati and Ojbwas to make a blue dye.

Austin, Daniel, F. (2004) Florida Ethnobotany. CRC Press.

Ingestion of more than 6 seeds or flowers causes toxic effects. Violent emetic.

Wink, Michael & Ben-Erik van Wyk (2008). Mind-Altering and Poisonous Plants of the World. Timber Press

The seeds contain the poison, which has cholinergic effects.

Professor Anthony Dayan, 2022

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