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Fish toxins or fish stupefying plants have historically been used by many cultures to stun fish, so they become easy to collect by hand. Some of these paralyse fish, which can then be easily collected. Ethnozoology of the Tsou People: Fishing with poison. The process of documenting many fish toxins and their use is ongoing, with interest in potential uses from medicine, agriculture, and industry.Jeremy, 2002


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Use of the herbal fish poisons has been documented in a number of sources involving catching fish from fresh and sea water.A.L. Dahl (1985) Traditional Environmental Management in New Caledonia: A Review of Existing Knowledge

Tribal people historically used various plants for medicinal and food exploitation purposes.V. Singh (ed) (2007) Indian Folk Medicines and Other Plant-Based Products. Jodhpur Scientific Publications. Chapter 22 Use of fish poisons is a very old practice in the history of humankind. In 1212 AD, King Frederick II prohibited the use of certain plant , and by the 15th century, similar laws had been decreed in other European countries, as well.Wilhelm 1974 All over the globe, indigenous people use various fish poisons to kill fish, including AmericaJeremy 2002 and among Indians.Gajdusek 1954

Herbal fish-stupefying agents are proven means of fishing. Many of these plants have been used for a long time by local people, and have been tested and found to have medicinal properties, such as , which is used as analgesicAhmed et al. 2002 and antidiarrheal.Rahman et al. 2003 Some of the plants, such as C. collinus, are traditional poisons used in the different part of the country.Sarathchandra and Balakrishnamurthy 1997Thomas et al. 1991 Bark extracts of Lannea coromandelica caused lysis of cell membranes followed by fragmentation of cellular materials.


Example plants
  • In Africa, the closely related families of , , and , and a large number of account for most fish poisons.
  • California buckeye ( Aesculus californica) is a widespread tree in the California oak woodlands and . The large orange-colored fruit is leached in warm water, with the resultant mixture then applied to pools in slow-moving streams to stun fish. C. Michael Hogan (2008) California Buckeye: Aesculus californica, GlobalTwitcher.com, N. Stromberg ed.
  • Many of California's Native American tribes traditionally used the species, Chlorogalum pomeridianum, which contains , as a fish poison. They would pulverize the roots, mix in water to create a foam, and then add the suds to a stream. This would kill or incapacitate the fish, which could be gathered easily from the surface of the water. The Lassik, LuiseƱo, , , , Wailaki, , , , , and tribes used this technique.
    (1999). 9780879059217, Gibbs Smith. .
  • California Natives also used crushed leaves of as a fish toxin much like soaproot and passed this technique on to later immigrants.
  • Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands engaged in fish poisoning, trapping fish with dams or weirs before deploying incapacitating poisons. Several of the toxic plants utilized include crushed black walnut (), horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), and . Members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians have fished with poison into the 20th century.
    (2025). 9780817315146, University of Alabama Press.
  • The extremely toxic (to humans), -containing shrub (family ) was used formerly by the people of the Los Lagos Region of southern to catch fish in slow-flowing rivers - either alone or in combination with the juice of () - the latter being a fish poison in its own right. The poison did not kill the fish outright, but merely made them torpid enough to be caught easily.Pomar, L. 1901 An Account of the Fishing Industry in Chile, Pan American Exposition Publication IV, pub. Imprenta Moderna, Santiago. Page 33.Plowman, Timothy, Gyllenhaal, Lars Olof and Lindgren, Jan Erik "Latua pubiflora magic plant from southern Chile" Botanical Museum Leaflets Harvard University Vol. 23, No. 2, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 12, 1971
  • in the family is a climber with compound, dark-green leaves and white bark. This is the most extensively used fish poison among the of India. Typically in summer, the leaves of this plant are dried and powdered. About 1 kg of powder is mixed into water about deep in ponds, usually in the summer. Fish are stunned by the poison and rise to the surface, where they are easily collected by hand. If stunned fish are immediately reintroduced into clean water, they become active. To get good results from the Olax (or korkat), the temperature needs to be high.
  • in the family was used by Indigenous Australians as a fish toxin.
  • Acacia auriculiformis, Acacia holosericea, Tephrosia phaeosperma and Tephrosia polyzyga in the family were used by Indigenous Australians as fish toxins.
  • in the family was used by Indigenous Australians as a fish toxin.
  • Atalaya hemiglauca in the family was used by Indigenous Australians as a fish toxin.
  • Barringtonia acutangula and Planchonia careya in the family were used by Indigenous Australians as fish toxins.
  • in the family is a large deciduous tree with simple large leaves, large fruit and dark gray bark found in parts of Asia. The root bark is crushed and mixed in water. Upon its admixture, water blackens.
  • Cleistanthus collinus in the family ( odcha in Gondi) is a medium-sized tree mainly found around villages in Sri Lanka. Young tender shoots of this species are used for fish stunning. The shoots are crushed with water on a stone, and a paste is mixed into the water.
  • Lannea coromandelica in the family is a medium-sized to large deciduous tree with a spreading crown and stout branches. The leaves are compound, the bark is whitish or gray, and it has small, yellowish or purplish flowers. Flowers and fruits appear between February and June. Fruits (red, compressed, reniform, and single-seeded) of this plant are crushed and mixed in water. It is abundant in the Mendha-Lekha forest of .
  • in the family is an erect, succulent herb, up to 2.7 m tall and with a tuberous rootstock, which is crushed and mixed in water for fish stunning in India. Apart from its use as a fish stunning agent in Mendha, of bese mati are consumed after boiling.
  • in the family is a large tree, with seeds yielding edible oil. After the removal of the oil from seeds, the remaining cake is used for fish stunning in India. This cake is locally known as gara-dhep. The cake is boiled in water and mixed into water. A 0.5-kg cake is sufficient for a 100 ft2 pond. It is an effective agent, but fish usually die from its application.
  • Nauclea orientalis is a large tree in the family found in and . It is commonly known as the Leichhardt tree. The bark is used in creating fish poison.
    (2025). 9788176256513, Sarup & Sons. .
  • Pterocarpus marsupium in the family is a large tree with simple leaves found in South Asia and Nepal. Its gray bark is used for fish poisoning, crushed and mixed in water.
  • Verbascum thapsus, a widespread introduced species from Europe, contains rotenone in its leaves and seeds and has been used for fish poisoning.


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