Plants

Plants

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

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Like many other nightshades, tomato leaves and stems contain atropine and other tropane alkaloids that are toxic if ingested, causing digestive upset and nervous excitement. Use of tomato leaves as a ...

Onions and garlic

Plants; Plants

Onions and garlic (genus Allium) contain thiosulphate, which in high doses is toxic to dogs, cats and some other livestock.

Lupin

Plants; Plants

Some varieties have edible seeds. Sweet Lupins have less, and Bitter Lupins have more of the toxic alkaloids lupinine and sparteine.

Lima bean

Plants; Plants

Lima bean or butter bean. Raw beans contain dangerous amounts of linamarin, a cyanogenic glucoside.

Helleborus niger

Plants; Plants

(also known as Christmas rose) Contains protoanemonin, or ranunculin, which has an acrid taste and can cause burning of the eyes, mouth and throat, oral ulceration, gastroenteritis and hematemesis

Cactus

Plants; Plants

A type of plants, usually spiny stems and that grows in hot, dry places. The leaves of a cactus are sharp spines.

Datura stramonium

Plants; Plants

All parts of the plant are poisonous, causing abnormal thirst, vision distortions, delirium, incoherence, coma. Often fatal. A significant grazing livestock poison in North America.