There are many poisonous plants on the earth, and according to the toxicity tests given by scientists, the blood seal throat is known as the most toxic plant in the world. See blood sealing throat, scientific name is dart poison wood, its milky white juice contains more than 20 kinds of cardiac glycosides highly toxic substances, if accidentally through the wound into the blood, in a short period of time can make the poisoned heart paralyzed, blood coagulation, and finally suffocation to death. This plant belongs to the tertiary protection plant in the mainland, and is distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Hainan and other places.
Although it is very "poisonous" to see that blood seals the throat, it is not dangerous like oleander, because it will only cause harm when its poisonous juice invades the body of humans and animals. The more dangerous poisonous plants in this world should be the kind of plants with poisonous thorns or poisonous hair, if you accidentally contact with the skin and be stung, the pain is really indescribable.
There must be rural friends who have been stung by the plant of hemp, also known as hemp grass, most people will have allergic reactions when they are pricked by nettle grass, and some friends in the past wiped their buttocks with hemp leaves when they were children, and that experience is estimated to be unforgettable.
In addition to some grasses that sting, some trees can also sting. Sumac is a recognized stinging tree in rural areas, and when we were young, our parents told us not to touch sumac trees. But the kind of stinging tree I'm going to talk about next is much more dangerous than the sumac tree.
In northeastern Australia and Indonesia, there is a poisonous tree called the goldbark tree, which looks harmless to humans and animals, but it is actually one of the most poisonous trees in the world, and it can poison a cow in just a small dose. It is understood that in 1866, after the pack horse of North Queensland road surveyor McMillan was stabbed, he began to go crazy and died 2 hours later.
The goldbark tree is a genus of hemp trees in the nettle family, which belongs to the same nettle family as the aforementioned hemp grass, but the goldbark tree is much more powerful than hemp.
The height of the goldbark tree is usually only 1~2 meters, it looks inconspicuous, the leaves are "heart-shaped", and the area is relatively large. In order to avoid the leaves being eaten by animals, the heart-shaped leaves of the goldbark tree are covered with dense burrs. In fact, in addition to the roots, the whole body of the goldbark tree is almost covered with such small burrs. Don't underestimate these burrs, they are so sharp that they can easily pierce the skin and cause a sharp tingling sensation that will not disappear for a long time.
According to experts in related fields, the structure of this small burr on the goldbark tree is very special, and its main component is silica, which is difficult to dissipate and remove once it pierces the skin and invades the muscle. And these small burrs also contain toxins such as chrysodermin, which can stimulate the nervous system and cause intense and persistent pain.
According to some information circulating on the Internet, during World War II, some soldiers on the battlefield in Southeast Asia did not know the danger of the golden bark tree, and after the skin accidentally touched the leaves of the golden bark tree, they immediately felt a tingling pain, and even some people rolled on the ground in pain, which lasted for ten days and a half months before it was relieved.
According to legend, there was also a soldier in the field at that time without hand paper, after finishing the incident, he casually grabbed a few leaves to wipe his butt, but he didn't expect it to be the leaves of the goldbark tree, just started, a hot sharp pain came from below, and there was redness and swelling. This pain should have been experienced in the countryside in the past. It is said that the soldier, because he could not bear the pain, finally raised his gun and committed suicide. I really didn't expect that a few small leaves could cause a "tragedy".
I don't know whether this thing is true or false, there may be exaggeration, perhaps fabricated. But it is certain that the goldbark tree is really dangerous, the attack power is very domineering, you must go farther when you see it, walk around, do not touch, the danger of highly toxic plants without small burrs is simply not comparable to it.
Entomologist Marina Hurley was stabbed by the burr of a goldbark tree when she was doing research in the Atherton Plateau in Queensland, Australia, and she bluntly said that she felt worse than death after being stabbed, and would feel the burning sensation and pain of the drill.
In addition to the possibility of being stabbed by it, too close to the goldbark tree, it is also possible to inhale these small burrs, and when these small burrs enter the nasal cavity with the air, they will also cause many uncomfortable symptoms.
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