Episode 306 part five: the pea that's a biological weapon

About this episode

In this episode, Jane Perrone discusses the rosary pea and its implications as a biological weapon, celebrating the release of her new book.

For full show notes visit https://www.janeperrone.com/on-the-ledge/2025/10/24/episode-306-the-atlas-of-deadly-plants My new book The Atlas of Deadly Plants is out this week, published by Greenfinch, so I thought I'd celebrate by offering up a series of mini-podcast episodes digging into some of the themes and facts from the book - just in time for Halloween! In this mini-ep you'll hear a chapter from the book about Abrus precatorius , the rosary pea. Want to buy a copy right now? Click here . Check out Legends of the Leaf, my book on houseplants and my houseplant cards Houseplant Gardener in a Box here . Support On The Ledge on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ontheledge Follow Jane Perrone on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/j.l.perrone

People in this episode

Host: Jane Perrone

Topics covered

• deadly plants
• Abrus precatorius
• Halloween
• mini-podcast
• plant biology

Keywords

• deadly plants
• rosary pea
• biological weapon
• podcast
• Jane Perrone

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Greenfinch

Products: The Atlas of Deadly Plants, Legends of the Leaf, Houseplant Gardener in a Box

Books & works: Abrus precatorius

Places: Halloween

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