“…Stems erect; stout; hollow; fi nely longitudinally ridged; to 3 m tall; often profusely splotched with purple and, when crushed, have a strong disagreeable odor sometimes described as "mousy. " In other cases, the victims, sometimes children, became sleepy after ingestion and could not be aroused after eating the green plant tops (Drummer et al 1995 ;Frank et al 1995 ). Umbels compound; large; open; bracts of involucres few, ovate to lanceolate; bracteoles of involucels few, resembling bracts but smaller.…”