Barbasco

Barbasco is the name of several plants that contain poisonous chemical compounds that have been used for fishing by indigenous populations of the Americas: Lonchocarpus urucu, used by Shuar and Nukak peoples as a poison for fishing. Deguelia utilis, used in Brazil and Peru as a poison for fishing. Jacquinia barbasco, an evergreen. One of several inedible wild Mexican yam (Dioscorea mexicana and Dioscorea composita) from which progesterone can be synthesized.