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Cretan bryony

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Also known as: Bryonia cretica

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Cretan bryony (Bryonia cretica) has a thick fleshy white root, large lobed leaves, pale yellow flowers arranged in clusters in the leaf axils, and small red fruits. The plant was formerly used as a cathartic and as a diuretic and contains the poisonous alkaloid bryonin.…
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