Derris

Japanese: Derris
Derris

...It is a drug used as an insecticide and fish poison, and is made from the roots and underground stems of Derris plants of the legume family. The insecticidal properties of the Derris genus, the source plant, were known in Europe in the mid-19th century, and it has long been an important fish poison plant used in the poison fishing method in Malaysia and the Pacific Islands. Toba, Tachitoba, and Haitoba contain large amounts of rotenone, the insecticidal active ingredient of Derris, and are also cultivated. Toba D. elliptica Benth. (illustration) is a woody vine similar to wisteria, with odd-pinnate compound leaves with 4 to 6 pairs of leaflets. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Derris" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…殺虫や魚毒に使用される薬剤で,マメ科デリス属Derris植物の根や地下茎部の茎から作られる。基源植物のデリス属に殺虫成分があることはヨーロッパでは19世紀中ごろに知られており,またマレーシア地域から太平洋諸島では昔から毒流し漁法の重要な魚毒植物でもあった。トバ,タチトバ,ハイトバなどがデリスの殺虫有効成分であるロテノンを多量に含み,栽培もされる。トバD.elliptica Benth.(イラスト)はフジに似た木本性つる植物で,葉は奇数羽状複葉で4~6対の小葉を有する。…

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