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The fruits and seeds are poisonous, causing nausea and vomiting; often fatal. [citation needed] Mentha pulegium: pennyroyal, pennyrile Lamiaceae: It is toxic to humans and has differing effects dependent on the volume and concentration ingested. The most concentrated and toxic form of the pennyroyal plant is pennyroyal oil.
Mango trees grow readily from seeds, ... (an allergen found in poison ivy, poison oak, or poison sumac) may be most at risk for mango contact dermatitis. ...
Cerbera odollam is known by a number of vernacular names, depending on the region. These include othalam (ഒതളം) in the Malayalam language used in Kerala, India; kattu arali (காட்டரளி) in the adjacent state of Tamil Nadu; dabur (ডাবুর) in Bengali; famentana, kisopo, samanta or tangena in Madagascar; and pong-pong, buta-buta, bintaro or nyan in Southeast Asia.
Mango pits are a choking hazard to dogs and can become stuck in their digestive tract if consumed, the American Kennel Club reports. Mango seeds also contain trace amounts of cyanide. Mango seeds ...
Cerbera manghas (formerly Cerbera tanghin), [1] commonly known as the sea mango, tangena or bintaro is a small evergreen coastal tree growing up to 12 metres (39 ft) tall. It is native to coastal areas in Africa, Asia, Australasia, and the Pacific islands.
The Anacardiaceae include numerous genera, several of which are economically important, notably cashew (in the type genus Anacardium), mango, Chinese lacquer tree, yellow mombin, Peruvian pepper, poison ivy, poison oak, sumac, smoke tree, marula and cuachalalate.
Over the past few years, fears about toxic and inflammatory "seed oil" have taken over the internet. Many experts dismiss this, saying studies show cooking with vegetable oil is good for you.
The trial utilized seeds of the tree species Cerbera manghas (family Apocynaceae), which produces seeds that contain highly toxic cardiac glycosides including cerberin and tanghinin. The tradition of the tangena ordeal, dates to at least the 16th century in Imerina. It has been estimated that the poison may have been responsible for the deaths ...