Knowltonia
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Knowltonia vesicatoria
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Knowltonia is a genus of the family Ranunculaceae. There are at least ten species native to South Africa and an uncertain number growing in the Amazon Basin. The juice from the stem of many of the species in the genus is a powerful vesicant.