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  2. Alocasia odora - Wikipedia

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    Alocasia odora, also known as night-scented lily, Asian taro or giant upright elephant ear, is a species of flowering plant native to East and Southeast Asia (Japan, China, Indochina, Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Taiwan). [1] [2] Traditionally, A. odora is sometime used as a medicine for the treatment of the common cold in Vietnam. [3]

  3. Gyromitra esculenta - Wikipedia

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    The toxic qualities of G. esculenta may be reduced by cooking, but possibly not enough to prevent poisoning from repeated consumption. [ 14 ] The more distantly related ascomycete mushrooms of the genus Verpa , such as V. bohemica and V. conica , are also known as false morels, early morels or thimble morels; like the Gyromitra , they are eaten ...

  4. Enterolobium cyclocarpum - Wikipedia

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    Elephant-ear shape seedpods. Enterolobium cyclocarpum, commonly known as conacaste, guanacaste, caro caro, devil's ear tree, monkey-ear tree, or elephant-ear tree, is a species of flowering tree in the family Fabaceae, that is native to tropical regions of the Americas, from central Mexico south to northern Brazil and Venezuela. [2]

  5. List of poisonous plants - Wikipedia

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    angel wings, elephant ear, heart of Jesus Araceae: All parts of all plants in this genus contain insoluble calcium oxalate crystals, which are toxic. Symptoms of ingestion generally include irritation and burning of the mouth, lips, and throat, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, muscle twitching, and sometimes swelling of the mouth ...

  6. List of deadliest animals to humans - Wikipedia

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    Humans killed per year Animal Humans killed per year Animal Humans killed per year 1 Mosquitoes: 1,000,000 [a] Mosquitoes 750,000 Mosquitoes 725,000 2 Humans 475,000 Humans (homicide) 437,000 Snakes 50,000 3 Snakes: 50,000 Snakes 100,000 Dogs 25,000 4 Dogs: 25,000 [b] Dogs 35,000 Tsetse flies 10,000 5 Tsetse flies: 10,000 [c] Freshwater snails ...

  7. Taro - Wikipedia

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    Taro is among the most widely grown species in the group of tropical perennial plants that are colloquially referred to as "elephant ears", when grown as ornamental plants. [9] Other plants with the same nickname include certain species of related aroids possessing large, heart-shaped leaves, usually within such genera as Alocasia , Caladium ...

  8. Bergenia - Wikipedia

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    Bergenia / b ər ˈ ɡ ɛ n i ə / [2] (elephant-eared saxifrage, elephant's ears) is a genus of ten species of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae, native ...

  9. Rhodactis howesii - Wikipedia

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    Rhodactis howesii is a species of marine cnidarian in the order Corallimorpharia, a sea anemone-like corallimorph found on reefs in tropical regions of the Pacific Ocean.It is commonly known as the green fuzzy mushroom, elephant ear mushroom coral, giant anemone, giant mushroom anemone and giant cup mushroom. [2]