ipohn.
/ˈiːpəʊ/, U.S. /ˈɪˌpoʊ/ The upas tree, Antiaris toxicaria, or a creeping shrub, Strychnos ignatii, both of which are native to SE. Asia and have a poisonous sap; also, the poison itself.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisons from plants
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ipoh1779
upas1783
tanghin1788
picrotoxin1815
nicotine1817
strychnine1819
vauqueline1819
brucia1820
brucine1820
picrotoxia1823
strychnia1823
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solanine1838
strychnina1838
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amanitine1847
oenanthin1848
menispermine1849
tetanine1857
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xylostein1864
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andromedotoxin1883
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phytotoxin1909
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > sumacs > [noun]
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poisonwood1671
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stag-horn1753
Venetian sumac1755
poison ash1757
ipoh1779
poison sumac1785
ailanthus tree1789
Japan varnish1789
vinegar-plant1797
mountain sumac1813
poison dogwood1814
upas1814
karee1815
fustet1821
taaibos1821
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varnish sumac1822
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smoke-tree1860
wax-tree1866
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the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > plants yielding poison > [noun] > trees or shrubs yielding poison > upas tree or bean
bean of St. Ignatiusa1398
Ignatius' Bean1751
ipoh1779
upas1814
1779 T. Forrest Voy. New Guinea i. xviii. 369 They [sc. the Sooloos] are acquainted with a subtle poison called Ippoo, the juice of a tree, in which they dip small darts.
1820 J. Crawfurd Hist. Indian Archipel. I. iv. 468 The Malays call this last [shrub] Ipoh.
1836 J. Low Diss. Soil & Agric. Penang iv. 206 Many arrows tipped with Ipoh were given to me by the different tribes in Perak.
1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca I. vii. 444 The Upas tree of the Javanese, or the Ipoh of the Malays, is found though rarely in the forests.
1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca II. xii. 211 I had the greatest difficulty to prevail on one of this wild race to part with..a small quantity of the ipoh poison.
1901 W. A. N. Dorland Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 2) Ipoh, the Malay name of various arrow-poisons.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX 494/1 The pure Sâkai..make loin-cloths..from the bark of the trap and îpoh trees.
1907 Q. Rev. July 190 The poison for their arrows is obtained from the ipoh or upas tree.
1958 J. Slimming Temiar Jungle v. 78 The poison with which the darts are smeared is a mixture of the saps from the Ipoh tree and the Ipoh creeper.
1965 C. Shuttleworth Malayan Safari ii. 27 Perhaps the most dangerous poison is found in the sap of the ipoh tree from which the aborigines obtain poison for their blowpipe darts.
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