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  2. List of poisonous plants - Wikipedia

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    Young plants and seeds are poisonous, causing nausea, muscle twitches, and paralysis; often fatal. Other plants in the parent genus Delphinium are also poisonous and commonly called larkspur. [95] Convallaria majalis: lily of the valley Asparagaceae

  3. List of herbs with known adverse effects - Wikipedia

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    Heart palpitations and arrhythmias, hypotension, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, respiratory system paralysis, death [4] [5] Aloe vera juice medicinal aloe Aloe vera "abdominal pain, diarrhea, potentially carcinogenic, with others can potentiate cardiac glycosides and antiarrhythmic agents" [3] Anthranoid laxatives

  4. Curare - Wikipedia

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    Curare is prepared by boiling the bark of one of the dozens of plant sources, leaving a dark, heavy paste that can be applied to arrow or dart heads. These poisons cause weakness of the skeletal muscles and, when administered in a sufficient dose, eventual death by asphyxiation due to paralysis of the diaphragm.

  5. 15 Plants That Will Destroy Your Garden - AOL

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    2. English Ivy. This invasive ground cover looks great, but does more harm than good. It can kill the trees that it climbs, damage structures, and smother native plants on the ground valuable to ...

  6. Neurotoxin - Wikipedia

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    The neurotoxin category contains a number of distinct poisons, though all were originally purified from plants originating in South America. [86] The effect with which injected curare poison is usually associated is muscle paralysis and resultant death. [87]

  7. Lamprocapnos - Wikipedia

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    Caution is, however urged regarding overdose: the juice of the plant can cause tingling paresthesias after contact with exposed skin and oral overdose can give rise to vomiting, diarrhea and, in serious cases of poisoning, even respiratory failure, and cardiac paralysis. [20]

  8. Aconitum - Wikipedia

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    Aconitum (/ ˌ æ k ə ˈ n aɪ t əm /), [2] also known as aconite, monkshood, wolfsbane, leopard's bane, devil's helmet, or blue rocket, [3] is a genus of over 250 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Ranunculaceae.

  9. List of psychoactive plants - Wikipedia

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    Many of these plants are used intentionally as psychoactive drugs, for medicinal, religious, and/or recreational purposes. Some have been used ritually as entheogens for millennia. [1] [2] The plants are listed according to the specific psychoactive chemical substances they contain; many contain multiple known psychoactive compounds.