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Originally Posted by orlok
Far as I can tell, they're Australian, not British (and anyway, I was born in South Africa, so I gots my excuse  ). |
That's like me passing myself off as a Canadian when I'm in countries that are violently anti-American...
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Is it a poisonous leaf (Poison Ivy?) which they brew up or add to their food, and this then kills them?
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Originally Posted by Hamlet53
Poison mushrooms?
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Quite poisonous, but not some sort of leaf. The entire plant is poisonous.
HINT: The answer is in why this plant is mistakenly chosen in the first place...
native or naturalized to a broad area from Mauritania, Morocco, and Portugal eastward through the Mediterranean region and the Sahara (where it is only found sporadically), to the Arabian peninsula, southern Asia, and as far East as Yunnan in southern parts of China. It typically occurs around dry stream beds. XXXXXXXXXX is planted in many subtopical and tropical areas of the world. On the East Coast of the US, it can be planted as far north as Virginia Beach, Virginia, while in California and Texas it is naturalized as a median strip planting
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