Poisonous plants in the garden
Fortunately, very few adults go into the garden and nibble on leaves, flowers or other plant parts. The situation is different when children are in the house. As much as you give them a shot, it's not easy to pick berries and eat them, you never have the ultimate safety. So much the better to know which common garden plants are poisonous? so you may be able to remove them or even not plant. Incidentally, the toxic effects of the plants below do not stop even in domestic animals such as rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs or cats.
The classics?
Traditions, proverbs, fairy tales, thrillers? From this everyone knows the hemlock or the belladonna. The? Classic? Poisonous plants, which have already spoiled many crime novelists in his novels:
monkshood, Beautiful with its deep blue color, but one of the deadliest plants in Europe. Even skin contact may be sufficient, so always wear gloves! All plant parts are dangerous, and the aconitine they contain can cause hypothermia, cardiac and respiratory paralysis, and convulsions to the point of death.
thimble, The included digitalis is also used in medicine? It lowers heart rate and strengthens cardiac output. However, is digitalis highly toxic and contained in all parts of the plant? Cardiac arrhythmia, inflammation, nausea, vomiting, blurred vision, hallucinations are the result. Already with the consumption of two to three leaves one can die.
Datura, Was in the old days an ingredient of "witch-potions ?. The alkaloids scopolamine and atropine have hallucinogenic effects and often lead to a horror trip. In addition, they affect the heart and lead even in the smallest amounts to rapid heartbeat to respiratory paralysis. In children just a few grams of the petals are deadly!
belladonna, Here is the same for the datura? especially children should be warned about the berries!
henbane, Also in henbane we find scoploamine and atropine in all plant parts.
Spotted hemlock, The contained coniine leads to paralysis until apnea. It is rarely planted in the garden, but because it likes to settle on fallow land, one should be careful with new plants.
Herb Paris, Beware of berry picking in the forest. If each stalk has only a single berry on top, keep your fingers away. The toxic saponins can cause nerve and kidney damage, even death at higher doses.
There is danger in these hedges
cherry laurel, Does that mean laurel cherry and is in all plant parts? but especially in leaves and seeds poisonous. The pulp of the berries is harmless, chewed but the seeds are free of hydrogen cyanide.
yew, Has beautiful red fruits that are highly toxic like all other plant parts. The taxin sits mainly in the nuclei and can lead to impaired consciousness, circulatory collapse and respiratory paralysis.
holly, That the prickly Ilex outwardly be treated with care, you know. However, that leaves as well as the pretty red berries can lead to nausea, vomiting, arrhythmia, paralysis, kidney damage, diarrhea and gastritis, is not so well known.
They can climb and they can kill
laburnum, Looks like his name is and is poisonous through and through? especially in the semen is much of the alkaloid cytisine, which can lead to paralysis until respiratory arrest.
Wisteria, Also known as Wisteria or Wisteria, this popular climbing plant contains a lectin in seeds and pods that can cause indigestion and circulatory problems.
ivy, Stomach discomfort and fever are the result of nibbling on the fruits of ivy, which by the way are all poisonous.
flowering plants
oleander, Please never eat! The heart poison oleandrin causes abdominal cramps, vomiting, diarrhea, cardiac arrhythmias and heart paralysis
lily of the valley, So pretty, so dangerous. Both leaves and flowers are highly toxic and can even lead to death. If you pick lily of the valley, please wash your hands thoroughly afterwards!
angel's Trumpet, Beware of the petals, because here are vomiting, diarrhea, blurred vision and hallucinations in it!
Hellebore, Fortunately, most of the poison is in the root, so that poisoning is relatively rare. Nevertheless, the heart poisons are present in all plant parts.
wallflower, Even the pretty gold varnish contains a heart poison, which can lead to cardiac arrhythmia.
rhododendron, Andromedotoxin is the name of the poison that lurks in all parts of the rhododendron. An extremely slow heartbeat, weak heart rate, coma and death are the consequences of severe poisoning.
delphinium, The alkaloid that is consistently present in the Delphinium can lead to indigestion.
Autumn crocus, What blooms like a purple crocus on the pasture in autumn can cause respiratory paralysis.
cyclamen, Harmless it stands on the windowsill and yet leaves and tubers are full of circulatory disorders and spasms triggering saponins.
trees and shrubs
euonymus, The plant, also called spindle shrub, enchants with its red fruits reminiscent of a priest's hat? However, these cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, gastrointestinal irritation, liver and kidney damage to death when consumed.
boxwood, The book defends itself against predators by storing in all parts around 70 alkaloids, which can lead to nausea vomiting and death.
locust, The mock acacia is considered very toxic in all parts? also for domestic and farm animals. Already the consumption of 4-5 seeds can lead to poisoning. The bark is especially poisonous.
elder, Unripe elderberries as well as all other parts of the plants cause nausea and nausea.
Rizinusbaum, The seeds of the Wunderbaum called, attractive large-leaved plant have laxative, but even in small quantities can be deadly! Because in the shells is the highly toxic ricin, which, however, in the extraction of castor oil? remains because it is fat-insoluble. However, care should be taken when using castor oil for laxative purposes? An overdose can lead to serious complications.
How to prevent poisoning?
The best prevention is not to plant poisonous plants. Unfortunately, the signs in the garden center or in the descriptions of the nurseries are rarely anything to the toxicity. If you have small children or pets, you have to ask exactly here.
It should be remembered to young children from the beginning that they never simply eat berries or other plant parts without first asking. Do you have poisonous plants in the garden, you should not leave pets unattended outside? especially if they are still young and inexperienced.
