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OP >Why do you suppose she named it that?
I've not read it; but I suspect this extract from the Ency. Brit. helps explain:
The tree was said to destroy all animal life within a radius of 15 m. or more. The poison was fetched by condemned malefactors, of whom scarcely two out of twenty returned. All this is pure fable, and in good part not even traditional fable, but mere invention.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted upas tsuwm 08/20/04 01:19 PM Re: upas Wordwind 08/20/04 04:58 PM Re: upas AnnaStrophic 08/20/04 06:45 PM Re: upas Father Steve 08/20/04 06:05 PM Re: The Upas Tree tsuwm 08/20/04 06:29 PM Re: The Upas Tree Wordwind 08/20/04 06:32 PM Re: The Upas Tree tsuwm 08/20/04 07:24 PM Re: The Upas Tree wordminstrel 08/20/04 07:46 PM Re: upas wordminstrel 08/20/04 06:55 PM Speaking of dense-- Jackie 08/25/04 03:03 PM Re: Speaking of dense-- Capfka 08/25/04 05:01 PM Re: Speaking of dense-- tsuwm 08/25/04 05:05 PM
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