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  2. List of poisonous plants - Wikipedia

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    Also present are ricinine, an alkaloid, and an irritant oil. According to the 2007 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records, the castor oil plant is the most poisonous in the world, though its cousin abrin, found in the seeds of the jequirity plant, is arguably more lethal. Castor oil, long used as a laxative, muscle rub, and in cosmetics ...

  3. Rafflesia arnoldii - Wikipedia

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    The flower of Rafflesia arnoldii grows to a diameter of around one meter (3.3 feet), [2] weighing up to 11 kilograms (24 lb). [18] These flowers emerge from very large, cabbage-like, maroon or dark brown buds typically about 30 cm (12 in) wide, but the largest (and the largest flower bud ever recorded) found at Mount Sago , Sumatra in May 1956 ...

  4. Rafflesia - Wikipedia

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    Rafflesia (/ r ə ˈ f l iː z (i) ə,-ˈ f l iː ʒ (i) ə, r æ-/), [2] or stinking corpse lily, [3] is a genus of parasitic flowering plants in the family Rafflesiaceae. [4] The species have enormous flowers, the buds rising from the ground or directly from the lower stems of their host plants; one species has the largest flower in the world.

  5. Manchineel - Wikipedia

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    It has reddish-grayish bark, small greenish-yellow flowers, and shiny green leaves. The leaves are simple, alternate, very finely serrated or toothed, and 5–10 centimetres (2–4 inches) long. [7] Spikes of small greenish flowers are followed by fruits, which are similar in appearance to an apple, are green or greenish-yellow when ripe. The ...

  6. Atropa belladonna - Wikipedia

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    Atropa bella-donna flower. Atropa bella-donna is a branching herbaceous perennial rhizomatous hemicryptophyte, often growing as a subshrub from a fleshy rootstock. Plants can reach a height of 2 m (7 ft) (more commonly 1.5 m (5 ft)), and have ovate leaves up to 18 cm (7 in) long.

  7. Is Mistletoe Poisonous to Pets? Here's What an Expert Says - AOL

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    An expert explains if mistletoe is poisonous to dogs and cats, ... Bromeliads (Tillandsia spp.) are non-toxic if ingested and offer otherworldly flowers and foliage in jewel tones.

  8. Datura - Wikipedia

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    Datura is a genus of nine species of highly poisonous, vespertine-flowering plants belonging to the nightshade family (). [1] They are commonly known as thornapples or jimsonweeds, but are also known as devil's trumpets or mad apple [2] (not to be confused with angel's trumpets, which are placed in the closely related genus Brugmansia).

  9. Aconitum - Wikipedia

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    It is also the primary food source for the Old World bumblebees Bombus consobrinus and Bombus gerstaeckeri. [14] [15] [16] Empty seed pod. Aconitum flowers are pollinated by long-tongued bumblebees. [17] Bumblebees have the strength to open the flowers and reach the single nectary at the top of the flower on its inside. [17]