CHAIYAPHUM, Thailand - Thirty students here were rushed to a district hospital at noon after they ate poisonous Physic seeds (Jatropha curcas).

Doctor Manij Chaicharnnarong, director of the Kaengkro Hospital, said 29 of the students were discharged after doctors performed detoxification aids for them.

One of them, who took over 20 seeds, was admitted for close monitoring. He is Anuchit Boonso, 11 a fifth grader of the Nong Sala Pachart School in Tambon Nongsung in Kaengkro district.

The students said they thought the Physic seeds were edible so they had them as snack during the lunch break.