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Tuba root has long been used by the ‘Orang Asli’ to fish, as it is a piscicide.             As we can see from the pictures, the plant has arresting flowers.   It is a creeping and climbing vine.             It is a wasteful method of fishing as all fish, big or small are wiped out within minutes. Thankfully, very few ‘Orang Asli’ are using tuba roots nowadays and in fact, some do not even know how to identify it.   The root of the tuba. In the farm we grow it for use as an insecticide. It is the only local plant that...