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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. Toxopneustes pileolus - Wikipedia

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    Toxopneustes pileolus, commonly known as the flower urchin, is a widespread and commonly encountered species of sea urchin from the Indo-West Pacific.It is considered highly dangerous, as it is capable of delivering extremely painful and medically significant stings when touched.

  4. Toxopneustes - Wikipedia

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    Toxopneustes is a genus of sea urchins from the tropical Indo-Pacific.It contains four species.They are known to possess medically significant venom to humans on their pedicellariae (tiny claw-like structures).

  5. 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.

  6. 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 ...

  7. Rafflesia kerrii - Wikipedia

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    The photograph of Dr. Gan with the flower clearly shows that the corolla is 35 to 40 cm (14 to 15 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) in width; the largest corolla ever reported anywhere. The plant is a parasite to the wild grapes of the genus Tetrastigma ( T. leucostaphylum , T. papillosum and T. quadrangulum ), but only the flowers are visible.

  8. These Will Be the Most Popular Flowers of 2025 ... - AOL

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    Snapdragons have a whopping 123% increase in search interest. Snapdragon's popularity has taken shape in many major cities around the world, such as New York, London, Berlin, Sydney, and Abu Dhabi ...

  9. Lamprocapnos - Wikipedia

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    The arching horizontal racemes of up to 20 pendent flowers are borne in spring and early summer. The outer petals are bright fuchsia-pink, while the inner ones are white. The flowers strikingly resemble the conventional heart shape, with a droplet beneath – hence the common name. [4]