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Mosquito Plant Experiment Draws Mixed Alarm
Onomea plantation manager J T Moir grows about a dozen mosquito plants bought in London for $5 per dozen. The plant allegedly repels mosquitoes and malaria, with anecdotes from England and India cited, but official sources including Kew Gardens found no proof. American and British authorities weighed in with cautious skepticism.
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J. T. Meir
Onomea Plantation
Moir
Honolulu
Larymiere
Nigeria
Larg+more
India
George Birdwood
Victoria Gardens
Bombay
Kew Botanical Gardens
London
England
Larrymore
William Thiselton-Dyer
The
Times
Sierra Leone
Prout
William