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A kind of vine with large, beautiful leaves. It is used as a fish poison for killing or stupefying fish; to stun, stupefy (fish). (see túba).

Freq. of túba. To catch fish by putting something into the water that makes them torpid or even kills them; bark of páyhud, lágtang, etc. are often used for the purpose.

To catch fish by vitiating the water, to put poisonous leaves, herbs, shrubs, etc, in the water in order to benumb the fish or to kill them; to use explosives (dynamite) in fishing. (see lágtang, panúba).