Barbasco
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Barbasco is the name of several plants that contain poisonous chemical compounds that have been used for fishing by indigenous populations of the Americas:
- Lonchocarpus urucu, used by Shuar and Nukak peoples as a poison for fishing.
- Deguelia utilis, used in Brazil and Peru as a poison for fishing.
- Jacquinia barbasco, an evergreen.
- One of several inedible wild Mexican yam (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) from which progesterone can be synthesized.
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