Plants

Plants

Any organisms of the kingdom Plantae that is characterized by containing chloroplast, having cellulose cell walls being photosynthetic.

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Adenium obesum

Plants; Plants

Exudes a highly toxic sap which is used by the Meridian High and Hadza in Tanzania to coat arrow-tips for hunting.

Aesculus hippocastanum

Plants; Plants

All parts of the plant are poisonous, causing nausea, muscle twitches, and sometimes paralysis.

Sambucus

Plants; Plants

(commonly known as elder or elderberry). The roots are considered poisonous and cause nausea and digestive upset.

Contains many different alkaloids, including jacobine, jaconine, jacozine, otosenine, retrorsine, seneciphylline, senecionine, and senkirkine. Poisonous to livestock and hence of concern to people ...

Kalmia latifolia

Plants; Plants

Contains andromedotoxin and arbutin. The green parts of the plant, flowers, twigs, and pollen are all toxic, and symptoms of toxicity begin to appear about 6 hours following ingestion. Poisoning ...

Kalanchoe delagoensis

Plants; Plants

Known as mother of millions) Contains bufadienolide cardiac glycosides which can cause cardiac poisoning, particularly in grazing animals. During 1997, 125 head of cattle died after eating ...

Heracleum mantegazzianum

Plants; Plants

(also known as giant hogweed). The sap is phototoxic, causing phytophotodermatitis (severe skin inflammations) when affected skin is exposed to sunlight or to UV-rays. Initially the skin colours red ...