Poisonous Plants (for children) (9 items)

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  •  It is important to teach children and pets not to put any poisonous plants in their mouth for their curiosity purposes. Remember to teach them, so that they wouldn't be poisoned and get sick from the sicknesses I will include in this list. Poisonous plant
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  • Abrus Precatorius or Rosary Pea, Crab's Eyes, Jequirity- Many jewelry makers have died after pricking a finger while handling the plant. Can cause nausea, bloody vomiting and diarrhea, liver and respiratory failure, and the liver, spleen, kidneys, and man
  • y organs will be shocked, ending with the organs shutting down. Death occurs after this time. The toxin present in the seeds is abrin, related to ricin. (See Ricinus Communis.)
  • Acokanthera Spectabilis or Wintersweet and Bushman's Poison- The leaves have medicinal properties, and often fatal when the fruits are ingested.
  • Aconitum Napellus or Aconite, Monkshood, Wolfsbane- Used in the past to kill wolves and from this came the common name Wolfsbane. Nazi scientists used this to poison bullets. Every part of the plant contains aconitine, making it dangerous to touch or eat.
  • diarrhea, burning in the mouth, vomiting, and coma, and numbness, and death.
  • Actaea Pachypoda or Doll's Eyes and White Baneberry- The berries are carcinogenic and so can cause cardiac arrest, followed by death.