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Dieffenbachia / ˌ d iː f ɪ n ˈ b æ k i ə /, [2] commonly known as dumb cane or leopard lily, is a genus of tropical flowering plants in the family Araceae. [3] It is native to the New World Tropics from Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina .
Sap introduced into the human eye may cause temporary blindness. [119] Poinsettia is similarly only mildly toxic to cats, dogs, and horses, [120] and very rarely necessitates veterinary treatment. [121] Excoecaria agallocha: milky mangrove, blind-your-eye mangrove, river poison tree Euphorbiaceae
Dieffenbachia longispatha is a species of flowering plant in the family Araceae, native to Panama and Colombia. [1] A large member of its genus, reaching 2–3 m (7–10 ft), it is pollinated by scarab beetles from the genera Cyclocephala and Erioscelis .
Eventually, the pressure will cause the sap and gasses to burst through the xylem and out of cracks in the trunk and ooze down the side of the tree. This sap flux may be further infected by other pathogens once exposed to the air such as air-borne bacteria, yeast, and other fungi, at which point it is known as slime flux.
Urushiol-induced contact dermatitis (also called Toxicodendron dermatitis or Rhus dermatitis) is a type of allergic contact dermatitis caused by the oil urushiol found in various plants, most notably sumac family species of the genus Toxicodendron: poison ivy, poison oak, poison sumac, and the Chinese lacquer tree. [1]
Araceae produce calcium oxalate raphides for defense against herbivores. When damaged, sap from the plant and saliva from the animal will cause the idioblast to swell and hydraulically shoot the raphides out. [6] Consumption of the raphides can cause oral pain, vomiting, hypersalivation, and swelling of the pharynx.
Urushiol is an oleoresin contained within the sap of poison ivy and related plants, and after injury to the plant, or late in the fall, the sap leaks to the surface of the plant, where under certain temperature and humidity conditions the urushiol becomes a blackish lacquer after being in contact with oxygen. [15] [16] [11] Urushi lacquer is ...
Aqueous lignosulfonate solutions are also widely used as a non-toxic dust suppression agent for unpaved road surfaces, where it is popularly, if erroneously, called "tree sap". Roads treated with lignosulfonates can be distinguished from those treated with calcium chloride by color: lignosulfonates give the road surface a dark grey color, while ...