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Phytolacca americana, also known as American pokeweed, pokeweed, poke sallet, pokeberry, dragonberries, pigeonberry weed, and inkberry, is a poisonous, herbaceous perennial plant in the pokeweed family Phytolaccaceae. This pokeweed grows 1 to 3 metres (4 to 10 ft). [4] It has simple leaves on green to red or purplish stems and a large white ...
Some members of the genus are known as pokeweeds or similar names such as pokebush, pokeberry, pokeroot or poke sallet. [2] [3] Other names for species of Phytolacca include inkberry and ombú. The generic name is derived from the Greek word φυτόν (phyton), meaning "plant," and the Latin word lacca, a red dye. [4]
The poisonous fruits superficially resemble blackberries and may mistakenly be eaten as such. Can be fatal in children. [citation needed] Cytisus scoparius: broom, common broom Fabaceae: Contains toxic alkaloids that depress the heart and nervous system. [99] The alkaloid sparteine is a class 1a antiarrhythmic agent, a sodium channel blocker.
Fruits, vegetables, seeds and beans are all essential parts of a well-balanced and healthy diet, but if these health gems are not consumed properly, they could be poisonous and detrimental to our ...
Alicia Silverstone is alive and well after taking a bite of a poisonous fruit she picked from a stranger’s garden in London.. The Clueless actress shared a health update on social media after ...
The flowers are white, yellow or red, 2–6 cm (1–2 in) diameter with 6–9 petals, and mature into a green, yellow or red fleshy fruit 2–5 cm (1–2 in) long. [8] All the parts of the plant are poisonous, including the green fruit, but once the fruit has turned yellow, it can be safely eaten. [9] The ripe fruit does not produce toxicity. [10]
A non-native plant is known to poison — and often kill — hundreds of birds in North Carolina each winter. Nandina domestica, often known as Heavenly Bamboo, is often used in yard landscaping ...
Solanum dulcamara is a species of vine in the genus Solanum (which also includes the potato and the tomato) of the family Solanaceae.Common names include bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, Amara Dulcis, [3] climbing nightshade, [4] felonwort, fellenwort, felonwood, poisonberry, poisonflower, scarlet berry, snakeberry, [5] [6] [7] trailing bittersweet ...