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Utricularia inflata is one of the larger suspended aquatic species in the genus Utricularia.Like all aquatic Utricularia, U. inflata has no true roots or leaves. The filiform stolons are the main vegetative "stem" of the plant and can be up to one meter long or longer but are only 1–2 mm thick.
The bladder walls are very thin and transparent but are sufficiently inflexible to maintain the bladder's shape despite the vacuum created within. The entrance, or 'mouth', of the trap is a circular or oval flap whose upper half is joined to the body of the trap by very flexible, yielding cells which form an effective hinge.
Typically ingestion of plants containing raphides, like those common in certain houseplants, can cause immediate numbing followed shortly by painful foot swelling, vesicle formation and swelling throat. accompanied by painful stinging and burning to the mouth and throat with symptoms occurring for up to two weeks. [10]
Edema (American English), also spelled oedema (British English), and also known as fluid retention, dropsy and hydropsy, is the build-up of fluid in the body's tissue, [1] a type of swelling. [4] Most commonly, the legs or arms are affected. [1] Symptoms may include skin that feels tight, the area feeling heavy, and joint stiffness. [1]
apple-of-Peru, shoo-fly plant Solanaceae: The whole plant is said to be toxic (according to some sources, very toxic) [158] and to be used medicinally as a diuretic, sedative, and cough medicine. Nicotiana glauca: tree tobacco Solanaceae: It contains the toxic alkaloid anabasine. Ingestion of the leaves can be fatal. [159] Notobubon galbanum ...
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Signs of reaction can include itching, burning, and swelling of the mouth and throat, runny eyes and nose, hives, and, less commonly, vomiting, diarrhea, asthma, and anaphylaxis. These symptoms are due to the abnormal increase of IgE antibodies which attach to a type of immune cell called mast cells.
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