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Fetterbush poisoning
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Leucothoe is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae, native to Asia, Americas and Madagascar.
They are shrubs growing to 1-3 m tall, either deciduous or evergreen depending on species. The leaves are alternate, oblong-lanceolate, 2-15 cm long. The flowers are produced in racemes3-15 cm long, each flower bell-shaped, 4-20 mm long, white or occasionally pink.
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