Talk:Phytolacca dioica

First of all, the ombu is not a tree but an overgrown bush. It does not have rings, it doesn't grown like a tree, it has no bark and not enough lignine to qualify as one.

Second, no one ever drinks any hot drink made of the leaves of the ombu, unless they want to induce defecation though if the brew is strong, it might induce vomiting, all reactions to poisoning. Actually, it is a well known joke to mix crushed and dried ombú leaves in 'yerba mate' to induce these effects when drunk as tea. 83.44.170.224 02:42, 4 August 2005‎

I was about to edit the article because, as the previous poster says, it's not a tree but a herb. Also, the Pampas (most of them, at least) are one of the most fertile and humid regions of Argentina, so calling the Ombú "the only native tree in the pampas because it doesn't need much water to survive" implies forgetting that thousands of tons of maize and corn are grown there...

Furthermore, 75 millimetres aren't 30 inches, they're at most three inches. To finish, there's at least another very common and perhaps native tree to the Pampa: the Caldén. 87.1.47.91 15:48, 21 September 2005‎

Fires

The following is unintelligible:

"The fireproof trunk also stores water for the large fires. The leaves may have a low flash point, though, as dramatised in In Search of the Castaways."

Anyone care to explain? Jimjamjak (talk) 08:58, 27 September 2011 (UTC)

Satanic Verses

On p.145 of the Satanic Verses it claims that the leaves are so toxic that even if the wind blows a leaf onto you, you could be poisoned. Is that true? Overlordnat1 (talk) 15:17, 4 November 2022 (UTC)