Witch-Killing Ordeals & A Botanical Juror - The Calabar Bean

Meet the bean used to not only determine if someone was a witch, but is also currently saving eyes & guts- the Calabar Bean!

Sources:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16958557/

https://www.mtpr.org/arts-culture/2014-12-06/calabar-beans-pre-historys-lie-detectors

https://ajpps.org/the-calabar-bean-and-physostigmine-from-african-ethno-jurisprudence-to-medicinal-discovery-and-modern-pharmacotherapeutics/

https://herbologymanchester.wordpress.com/2017/02/21/the-poison-chronicles-calabar-bean-a-life-saving-ordeal/

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