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Jamaican vomiting sickness

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Jamaican vomiting sickness
An intoxication by 'bush tea,' made from unripe fruit of the Jamaican ackee tree–Blighia sapida and Crotalaria spectabilis, caused by hypoglycin A metabolites Clinical Violent vomiting, prostration, drowsiness, convulsions, hypoglycemia Mortality High, often 24 hrs after ingestion


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