Many plants in nature are poisonous, which is their self-protection mechanism, anti-insect bite, can also be said to be their way of standing. Especially some beautiful flowers, the more beautiful the more poisonous. These beautiful flowers are not only common in the mountains or on the side of the road, many of them have been transplanted into pots, indoors or gardens. Then we must be extra careful, especially if there are children at home, we must do a good job in science popularization to prevent extraneous branches.
The following Xiaomei will introduce 38 common poisonous flowers, or common in the roadside, garden, or potted indoors, usually enjoy flowers or go out to play, by the way to children also know, long knowledge does not suffer losses!
1. Oleander, the most poisonous green tree!
Oleander, I believe many friends are no strangers, from decades ago to the present, it has existed as a very common green belt tree. It has an indelible contribution to air treatment in areas with severe industrial pollution. In Hiroshima, which was destroyed by the nuclear bomb, the first to sprout was the oleander tree, which was quiet, but the first to sprout the following year.
It may be precisely because it can absorb harmful gases, toxic air, and turn these toxic components into its own, so the whole plant of oleander is poisonous, and the toxicity is not small. For hundreds of years, incidents of poisoning due to oleander have occurred every year. The most legendary event is that the use of oleander branches to make chopsticks and grill meat to eat, can cause poisoning of the whole.
For a small animal up to two pounds, the lethal amount of oleander poisoning is only 0.5 mg, while compared to humans, perhaps 20 leaves can cause poisoning. Even the branches and leaves of the oleander tree after they die, the smoke and gases produced by incineration, will still have adverse effects on the human body, and its toxicity can be seen.
So for oleander trees that are prevalent in green belts, schools, industrial areas or hospitals. You can only look at it from a distance, and you can't play with it. With children encountered, you can take the opportunity to popularize science, in my experience, these experiences related to survival, generally speaking once they remember.
2. Mandala, the most poisonous Buddhist flower!
Mandala flowers are common in South China, it is woody, growing tall on the side of a mountain road, a spiral-shaped large trumpet flower, opening downwards. People look up as if they are observing a tiny world, so in India, the origin of mandala, it is worshipped as a Buddhist flower. The Buddha said, "One leaf and one bodhi, one flower and one world", and the flower here refers to the mandala flower.
I believe that many friends know that the mandala flower is poisonous, because it is toxic, so its popularity is still relatively widespread.
But there are also uninformed people, a few years ago, Master Zhang of Taizhou City listened to the folk remedies of others, heard that using mandala flowers to make tea can cure rheumatism, because his own rheumatic disease is more serious, so he increased the amount of mandala flowers on his own, resulting in poisoning, first dizziness and nausea, and then fell into a coma. The family rushed to the hospital, and the doctor said that a state of excessive anesthesia had been reached. After gastrointestinal cleaning and rehydration, it is slowly awake and better.
Although flower tea is good, not every flower can make flower tea. Especially for plants like mandalas, which are highly toxic, we must be very careful.
3. Henna, can dye nails, can not eat Oh!
Hyacinth flowers, commonly known as "henna", how many friends in childhood memories of the flowers, do you remember when you were a child often used to dye nails? For small children, dyeing their nails red is fun, but for adults, henna dyeing nails can cure annoying nail fungus.
Hydrangeas are slightly poisonous, and their main purpose is also to resist insect nibbling. Therefore, when we were young, we remembered that the moon flowers in the courtyard would always be chewed by insects, but the leaves of henna were always intact.
4. Unicorn palm, like a cactus, but must not eat!
Qilin palm, because of its strange and rugged and spiked appearance, gives people a feeling of hope and fear, and is often potted by friends who believe in feng shui to do evil things in the town house.
Because it looks like a cactus, it is easy to classify it as a cactus family, which is actually unnatural. Most of the plants in the cactus family are non-toxic and edible, and even some cactus tablets can be eaten as vegetables. However, the unicorn palm belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, and most of the plants in the Euphorbiaceae family are poisonous.
Earlier, I also saw a news on TV, saying that a Grandpa Wang's family raised a unicorn palm for decades, moved the family twice and was not willing to throw it away, growing into a very large pot, and some people were not willing to sell it for heavy money. Later, he heard a neighbor say that the plant was poisonous and carcinogenic, which scared him and he wanted to throw it away. Then the reporter contacted the expert, and the expert said that the unicorn palm is indeed poisonous, but as long as it is not eaten, it does not matter if it does not touch its juice. Only then did Uncle Wang open his eyes and smile.
Uncle said that such a good flower, he will raise more decades, as an heirloom to maintain.
5. Figs, fruit is not poisonous, sap is poisonous!
Some people may wonder, isn't fig edible? Why is it toxic? In fact, it is not the fruit of the fig that is poisonous, it is the milky liquid inside its branches that is poisonous, and the fig that is not fully ripe is also poisonous.
Folk people collect the milky white liquid of figs to cure the leprosy, and the effect is very good. But do not drop on healthy skin, especially friends with allergies will have a very serious tingling sensation, and will quickly cause redness and itching. I heard that the staff at a fig planting base accidentally let the juice drip into the eyes while pruning fig branches, which also caused temporary blindness.
6. Yellow-flowered azaleas, sheep eat are hesitant to move forward!
Many small partners in the countryside, did they still eat the nectar in the rhododendron when they were young? But keep in mind that another rhododendron with yellow blooms is poisonous.
When I was a child, sheep herding would also pay special attention to this plant, so that the sheep would walk around, because if the sheep were eaten by mistake, there would be instability in walking, hesitation, and even if they did not pay attention to eating too much, it might lead to the death of the sheep. People stand next to the flowering yellow cuckoo, and for a while they will also have symptoms of dizziness, so they still have to stay away.
7. Winter coral, beautiful poisonous fruit!
Winter coral is a beautiful bonsai plant, especially in winter, when everything loses its color, there is a pot of bonsai with red fruits hanging in the home, which is a special occasion.
This bright fruit is particularly dangerous for babies with heavy curiosity, because their curiosity is particularly heavy, often inattentive, pick one and stuff it into the mouth. Symptoms of poisoning in winter corals are dizziness, nausea, drowsiness, severe abdominal pain, dilated pupils and so on.
8. Suzu orchid, the most poisonous potted flower!
Bell orchids, beautiful potted flowers. But don't be fooled by its little bell flower, it is highly toxic, and the whole plant is poisonous.
The whole plant of Suzuran contains cardiac glycosides, which act directly on the heart, producing symptoms such as vomiting, hallucinations, blurred vision, and slowing of the heart rate. I remember that in this American drama of "Breaking Bad", the last episode of a certain season gave it a close-up, precisely because it led to the reversal of the entire plot.
9. Wisteria flowers, beautiful but can not eat!
Wisteria flowers, a large vine plant, is a high ornamental flower, many places in the park often use wisteria flowers to erect a purple flower gallery. Become a must-visit place for people to punch in during their flowering period.
Wisteria flowers are poisonous, and their pods and seeds are the most toxic, and they can vomit, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and dehydration, and even shock and death when eaten by mistake.
People mistakenly eat wisteria flowers, mainly because there is a flower that looks very similar to it, and the flower that is indeed edible is called white locust flower, and it is a very delicious food. It looks like that, but the color is different, which is really confusing for foodies Chinese.
10. Yu Meiren, beautiful poisonous flowers!
Yu Meiren is a particularly beautiful grass flower. The sister flower that resembles it is called the poppy, a poisonous flower that is forbidden to be planted by national law. Compared with poppies, Yu Meiren's toxicity is much lighter, so it can be planted for ornamentation.
The most obvious difference between yumei and poppies is that on their flower stems, the former is hairy, while the poppies are bare and hairless. Although Yu Meiren is very toxic, it is also poisonous, and she likes to enjoy the flowers and look at them from a distance.
11. Daffodils, the most poisonous New Year flowers!
As a traditional annual flower in China, daffodils are also very popular with the People of China, especially its cultivation is very simple, and it does not need to use soil to directly use water to raise its bulbs.
However, it is important to note that the whole plant of daffodils is poisonous. When it is not flowering, the whole thing looks like a pot of leeks or garlic leaves. Isn't this a bad thing for the old people who don't know? If you don't have the ingredients for leeks or garlic leaves on hand, don't you have to go to the pot and cook them? News of poisoning by mistaken ingestion of daffodils also occurs from time to time.
12. Shanglu, the common red ink tree!
This plant is believed to have been seen by children born from the countryside. In the past, most of the pens used to be used in school were fountain pens, so we put the juice from the ripe fruit of this plant into the pen and smoothly wrote out the red words.
Shanglu is actually not native to us, but an invasive plant imported from North America, also known as American Shanglu. Due to its strong survivability, it quickly spread in the land of China. What needs to be vigilant is that the whole plant of the mountain road is poisonous, and the toxicity of the root and fruit is the strongest, because its roots resemble ginseng, and it is often mistaken for ginseng and poisoned.
13. Iris, the poisonous "blue butterfly"!
Iris is often planted as a garden flower, its leaves are narrow and flowing, the flowers are beautiful, like a blue-purple butterfly dancing on the green leaves, so it is also called "blue butterfly".
14. Stone garlic, the poisonous flower on the Yellow Spring Road!
Stone garlic flower is also called the other side of the flower, also known as the cranberry shahua, when flowering does not see the leaves, when the long leaves do not flower, flowers and leaves never see each other, this flower is called the flower that blooms on the Huangquan Road.
There are several common types of stone garlic flowers with safflower, stone garlic, yellow flower and white flower. Its toxins are mainly present in its bulbs, where the starch contains toxic alkaloids.
15. Leafy wood, poisonous colored leaf tree!
The leaf color of the changeable wood is variable, showing a beautiful color. Leafy wood is a plant belonging to the Euphorbiaceae family, and most of the plants in this family are poisonous. Toxins are mainly present in the sap, so pay special attention when pruning the leafy trees.
16. Calla lilies, beautiful seaweed flowers!
Calla lily is an herbaceous plant belonging to the Tiannanxing family, like the plants in the Tiannanxing family, as well as dripping Guanyin, green lotus, etc., these plants are containing toxins. Calla lily plants contain a large amount of herbal calcium crystals and alkaloids, mainly found in tubers and flowers, and eating a small piece can cause swollen tongue and throat pain. There were news reports that an 8-year-old girl was poisoned by eating calla lilies and was in a coma for 12 consecutive hours.
17. Single stick trees, white sap is poisonous!
The single stick tree is a relatively niche small potted plant that is often placed on desks and desks. After the branches of the single stick tree are cut off, a large amount of white liquid gushes out, which is poisonous.
18. Tung oil flowers and fruits, poisonous, also valuable!
In Xiaomei's hometown, there are many oil tung trees in the mountains. Remember the special beauty of the tung tree when it blooms in spring. In the summer and autumn, the tung fruit is ripe, and often goes into the mountains to pick its fruit, and then goes to change some pocket money to buy snacks to eat.
Although the tung fruit is often picked, it is often carried by the parents' ears, and the tung fruit is poisonous and should not be put in the mouth to bite.
According to the adults, the oil barrel fruit is taken to press oil, and the oil that is squeezed can be used to brush wooden furniture and ships, etc., precisely because it is poisonous, so it can prevent insects, ants, and rats.
19. Evergreen, beautiful green plants but poisonous!
Evergreen is a very common potted plant because its leaves remain green all year round and are easy to feed and take care of.
Plant scientists have detected that its sap contains a toxic enzyme, contact with the skin will have a strong sense of irritation, if eaten by mistake will cause throat edema, paralyzing the vocal cords, so that it loses its voice, so the folk also call evergreen as "dumb stick", and there is a saying that "although the flowers are good-looking, the poison is difficult to survive".
20. Flying swallow grass, seeds especially do not eat!
Flying swallow grass, its inflorescence is very long, and it is a rare blue-purple color, so it is often planted in the garden. The whole plant of Flying Swallow grass is poisonous, and the seeds are the most toxic, mainly because it contains toxic alkaloids, which can cause poisoning of the nervous system and even spasm.
21. Tiger thorn plum, poisonous "iron begonia"!
Tiger thorn plum is also called iron begonia, although its branches look prickly, but its flowers are very delicate and cute. The care of tiger thorn plum is very simple, and the flowering period is very long, so it is a very popular potted flower.
Tiger thorn plum belongs to the euphorbiaceae family, as mentioned above, almost all plants in the euphorbia family are poisonous. And their toxins are present in their juices, and you see, they are the white milk in the picture above.
22. Desert rose, in the same family as oleander!
The desert rose, loved by its flowers, has affectionately called "Silly Sister". It is native to tropical desert areas with high temperatures throughout the year and is in the same family as oleander. The whole plant is poisonous and less toxic than oleander, but it is also better to be careful.
23. Cycad fruit, the fruit of the thousand-year-old iron tree is poisonous!
Cycad is also often referred to as the iron tree. It is said that the thousand-year-old iron tree does not flower, it is even more difficult to see its fruit, but if the environment is suitable, cycad is also very easy to flower and bear fruit, and the fruit is round and red.
Experiments have found that the seeds and husks of cycad fruits have a strong carcinogenic effect. It is also neurotoxic, and has been experimented with mice, although there is no toxicity at first, but after 12 hours the toxicity slowly breaks out.
24. Alpine snow, poisonous cut flowers with flowers!
Alpine snow, also known as silver edge green, because its leaves are green in the middle and silvery white on both sides, and are often used as a companion flower for fresh cut flowers.
Its toxins are present in its juice, when pruning branches or breaking off leaves, a lot of white mucus will flow out, long-term contact can promote cancer, if you accidentally touch, you must use soap soap, plus running tap water to clean, be sure to prevent mucus from entering the eyes, to avoid causing stinging.
25. Keel, juice is poisonous!
The keel, and the tiger thorn plum, the unicorn palm, the change of leaf wood, etc. all belong to the Euphorbia family.
26. Croton, the legendary laxative.
Croton, which should be heard by many friends, is a fruit with a strong promotion of intestinal peristalsis, and accidental consumption can cause diarrhea.
27. Paint, roadside weeds you don't mess with!
Ze lacquer, also known as "cat's eye grass", "five clouds", is a common weed on the side of the road in rural areas, and the milky liquid in its branches has a strong irritation to the skin and mucous membranes, and even cause inflammation and ulceration when it comes into contact with the skin.
28. Periwinkle, flowering every day is also poisonous!
Periwinkle is also called day and day spring, the environment is suitable, properly maintained, almost every day flowering, is a very common potted plant, because of its long flowering period, so many friends like to raise.
Periwinkle, in the same family as oleander, is self-evidently poisonous, but it is not as toxic as oleander.
29. Five-color plum, not only stinky but also poisonous!
Five-colored plum, also known as lantana, is an upright or semi-vined evergreen small shrub, head-shaped inflorescence, a large inflorescence composed of multiple small flowers, each flower has yellow, red, pink, orange, white and other colors of mixed, so also called five-color plum.
Five-color plum is recorded in the "Color Atlas of Common Poisonous Wild Fruits in Hainan Province", its branches and leaves smell, toxic, and toxicity is mainly manifested in the digestive system and has liver toxicity. Accidental ingestion will cause drooling, nausea, vomiting, severe abdominal pain, constipation, sensitivity to light, gait instability, jaundice, sweating and adverse reactions.
30. Red beans, the most poisonous jewelry!
This red bean is not a red bean, it should be called acacia to be precise, and it is not a common edible red bean or red bean ha in supermarkets. Make no mistake.
Acacia is not all red, it is mostly red, and there is a section of black, red and black combination is very beautiful. It is often used to make a bracelet, but it is highly poisonous, so it is also called the most poisonous ornament.
Acacia contains a protein called hen bead toxin, which is highly toxic and can be fatal if ingested 3 micrograms.
31. Red palm, flamingo flower!
Dates are slightly toxic, and after trimming them each time, remember to put on gloves or wash them immediately.
32. Poinsettia, good-looking but toxic!
Poinsettia belongs to the euphorbiaceae, which is in the same family as the above-mentioned keel, tiger thorn plum, and unicorn palm.
33. Mimosa, a poisonous and interesting plant!
Mimosa is an interesting potted plant that shrinks as soon as your hand touches its leaves, but it's poisonous.
34. Dripping Water Guanyin, the most poisonous green plant!
Dripping guanyin is very common in places such as Liangguang, and the leaves are like umbrellas. There have been reports that a woman encountered heavy rain on the way to climb a mountain in Guangdong, but could not find a shelter from the rain. I saw that there was a dripping Guanyin on the side of the road, and the leaves were very large, so I wanted to pick the leaves to make an umbrella. Who knew that the petiole was too tough, did not pull it off at once, and used his mouth to bite in a hurry. This umbrella is there, but the mouth is also swollen, and the pain is terrible, after going down the mountain, she went directly to the nearest hospital.
35. Lilies, not all lilies can be eaten!
The lilies specially used for consumption are actually rolled lilies, and medicinal lilies can only be used after they are specially made. The rest is used for ornamental purposes and cannot be eaten.
36. Wolf poison flower, poisonous, more useful!
The wolf poison flower is a plant endemic to grasslands or plateaus. Its nature is very strong, but cattle and sheep are not eaten, because it is poisonous, so if there are wolf poisonous flowers on the grassland, it is a manifestation of grassland degradation.
Wolf poison flowers are very beautiful, although poisonous. He also has another use is to make paper, because it is poisonous, the paper made is not easy to be moths, rat bites, so it is also due to disadvantages.
37. Ginkgo biloba fruit, poisonous, not want to eat a few can eat a few!
Ginkgo biloba, also known as white fruit, is the seed of the ginkgo tree. At the same time, it is also a Chinese herbal medicine, boiled with a small amount of white fruit and chicken soup, which has the effect of nourishing and clearing the lungs.
However, it is important not to eat raw food in large quantities. Once a grandmother saw that her two-year-old grandson loved to eat white fruits, so she peeled a dozen grains one by one for it to eat, and soon the poor baby spat out white foam. So you see, the science popularization work of some plants is really carried out as early as possible.
38. Green lotus, a pot of hands, there is a slight poison, do not eat or very safe!
Can you think of almost a pot of green lotus in every hand, which is actually slightly poisonous? It is a plant belonging to the Tiannanxing family, in the same family as Guanyin, but it is not as toxic as it is.
The toxin of the green lotus is present in the juice and does not evaporate, so don't worry, as long as you don't eat it. In addition, after the pruning of the green lotus and the change of pots are completed, wash your hands in time.
Finally, it should be noted that there are two sides to everything. From the perspective of Chinese medicine, any plant can be medicated. Especially for poisonous plants, the greater the toxicity, the stronger the medicinal properties. Mastering the scientific method of development and the allocation of mutually exclusive things can become a good medicine for curing diseases and saving people. Therefore, we usually do science popularization work for children, teach them to recognize these poisonous flowers and plants, do not touch and eat them at will, and do not exaggerate to demonize them.