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Calabar Beans
 Calabar Bean is the seed of the plant Physostigma venenosum, which is indigenous to Western Africa but now cultivated in India and parts of South America. It's used primarily in traditional herbal medicine for promoting eye health.Interestingly, Calabar bean's main alkaloid, physostigmine was later synthesized and used in the treatment of glaucoma. COMMON NAMES: Chop Nut, Ordeal Bean.
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