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SERIOUS losses in livestock in Queensland have been attributed1,2 to Gastrolobium grandiflorum F. Muell, known locally as ‘heart leaf poison bush’. Other common names are ‘wall-flower poison bush’ and ‘desert poison bush’.
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MCEWAN, T. Isolation and Identification of the Toxic Principle of Gastrolobium grandiflorum. Nature 201, 827 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/201827a0
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