Bible Encyclopedias
Calabar Bean

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Seed of an African bean, employed in medicine, known as the Ordeal Bean, as, being poisonous, having been used to test the innocence of people charged with witchcraft.

Bibliography Information
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Calabar Bean'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​c/calabar-bean.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.