Karaka
By Timothy F. Allen тАФ The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Coryno-carpus l├жvigatus, [Figured in Botanical Magazine, plate 4379.] Foster.
Natural order , Anacardiace├ж.
Common names (New Zealand), Kopi-tree, Karaka.
Preparation , Tincture or trituration of the fresh seeds.
Authority.
G. Bennett, poisoning of a New Zealand chief by the seeds. Lond. Med. Gaz., Sept. 1831.
- Deafness (soon).
- Violent pain, lasting a week (soon).
- Partial paralysis of limbs (soon).
- When warm water was applied, he did not feel any warmth from it.