List of poisonous plants

This is a list of plantscontaining poisonousparts that pose a serious risk of illness, injury, or deathto humans.

Poisonous food plants

• Potato(all parts contain the glycoalkaloid solanine- considered poisonous when raw, cooked potatoes have had toxins broken down and rendered harmless)
• Tomato(foliage and vines contain alkaloidpoisons)
• Rhubarb(leaves contain oxalic acidacid salts)

Poisonous garden plants

• Privetpossibly fatal to humans, berries contain ligustrinand syringin
• Foxglove(Digitalis purpurea) fatal to human, contain cardiacor steroid glycosides
• LiliesMost are poisonous, especially to cats.
• Yew(Taxus baccata, the "English yew") All parts of the plant, except for the fleshy red bit of the fruit, contain poisons
• Deadly nightshade(Atropa belladonna) All parts of the plant contain the toxic alkaloidatropine
• Oleander(Nerium oleander) All parts are toxic, containing nerioside, oleandroside, saponins, cardiac glycosides, but especially the leaves and woody stems
• Castor oil plant(Ricinus communis) Source of the deadly toxin Ricin
• Aconitine(wolfsbane, monkshood) (Aconitum napellus) The poison is concentrated in the unripe seed pods and roots

Poisonous ornamental plants

Notes

• Poinsettiasare notable for not being poisonous despite persistent beliefs to the contrary. [1]

Poisonous wild plants

• Poison-ivy- Contains the toxinurushiol
• Deadly Nightshade/Belladonna (Atropa belladonna) - All parts of the plant contain the toxic alkaloidatropine

See also

• Poison
• Toxin

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