In a message dated 04/12/2009 16:56:21 GMT Standard Time,  
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Than he  told me about some plants
in southern Turkeyhoney and honey poisoning  .  He told me the name of the 
plant 
which I cant remember at the  moment.



Rhododendron ponticum. Pontus was an ancient kingdom in Asia Minor. The  
first military historian, Xenophon tells how in about 400BC a retreating Greek 
 mercenary army left 'presents' of this honey for their Persian pursuers 
who  pigged out on it and suffered as a result, giving the Greeks time to  
make good their escape.
 
Yet another example supporting the adage that one should "beware of Greeks  
bearing gifts."
 
Chris

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