Drosera Skin Irritations

From: Paul Edwards (edwards@net2000.com.au)
Date: Thu Nov 11 1999 - 16:52:00 PST

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Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 11:52:00 +1100
From: "Paul Edwards" <edwards@net2000.com.au>
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Subject: Drosera Skin Irritations

I was interested to read on
http://bodd.cf.ac.uk/BotDermFolder/BotDermD/DROS.html about various Drosera:

"These species have been reported to contain plumbagin, a naphthoquinone
which produces vesication on skin contact (Thomson 1971)."

In English, this means: These species have been reported to contain
plumbagin, a blood clotting agent which produces blistering on skin contact
(Thomson 1971).

Has anyone had any experience of this?

Paul.

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