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Crinum asiaticum, commonly known as poison bulb, giant crinum lily, grand crinum lily, or spider lily, [2] is a plant species widely planted in many warmer regions as an ornamental. It is a bulb-forming perennial producing an umbel of large, showy flowers that are prized by gardeners. However, all parts of the plant are poisonous if ingested.
Toxicoscordion venenosum is a bulb plant 20–70 centimeters tall when flowering in the spring or early summer. The underground bulbs are egg-shaped (ovoid) and made of up of multiple layers protected by dried outer layers (tunicate) like an onion. [5] The plant's leaves appear very early in the spring and are narrow. [6]
The plant is poisonous, containing cardiostimulant compounds such as adonidin and aconitic acid. [42] Aesculus hippocastanum: horse-chestnut, buckeye, conker tree Sapindaceae: All parts of the raw plant are poisonous due to saponins and glycosides such as aesculin, causing nausea, muscle twitches, and sometimes paralysis. [43] Agave spp.
Toxicoscordion paniculatum is infamous for its poisonous qualities in the western United States. [17] All parts of the plant are poisonous, people have even been poisoned by the flowers. However, the most poisonous part is the bulb. Humans that have mistaken the bulbs for those of wild onions or camas and eaten them have been fatally poisoned. [11]
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If ingested, bulbs can cause diarrhea, vomiting, convulsions, and - in severe cases - even death. [5] L. radiata plants also contain the alkaloid galantamine, which has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (USDA) for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. [15] The plant is cultivated in China for galantamine extraction.
This has made the plant a popular rodenticide for nearly as long as it has been in use as a medicine. [5] The bulbs are dried and cut into chips, which can then be powdered and mixed with rat bait. The plant was introduced as an experimental agricultural crop in the 20th century primarily to develop high-toxicity varieties for use as rat poison ...
Boophone disticha is a bulbous tropical and subtropical flowering plant, endemic to Africa.Commonly called the century plant [4] or tumbleweed, [3] Boophone disticha was first collected in 1781 from South Africa by Swedish botanist Carl Peter Thunberg and described by Carl Linnaeus as Amaryllis disticha. [2]