Tube-curare (English)

Japanese: tube-curare(英語表記)tubecurare
Tube-curare (English)

…Other plant species, such as Chondrodendron , Abuta , and Telitoxicum , from the Menispermaceae family, and Nectandra from the Lauraceae family, are also used as arrow poisons. Those from the Orinoco basin are called pot-curare, derived mainly from Strychnos plants, those from Brazil are called tube-curare, derived mainly from Menispermaceae plants, and those from Guiana and Colombia are called calabash-curare, derived mainly from Strychnos plants. They are stored in gourds, bamboo tubes, or small jars, and are applied to the tips of arrows when hunting. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "tube-curare" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,ツヅラフジ科のバリエラChondrodendron,アブータAbuta,テリトキシクムTelitoxicumなどの諸属や,クスノキ科のネクタンドラ属Nectandraの植物も同様に矢毒として利用される。オリノコ川流域産のものはつぼクラーレpot‐curareと呼ばれ,主としてストリクノス属植物から,ブラジル産のものは竹筒クラーレtube‐curareと呼ばれ,主としてツヅラフジ科植物から,またギアナ産,コロンビア産のものはヒョウタンクラーレcalabash‐curareと呼ばれ,ストリクノス属植物から得られたものとされている。それぞれ,ヒョウタンや竹筒,小型の壺などに入れて保存され,狩猟の際に矢の先に塗られる。…

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