Poisons

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7541307855810805808.post-563583128719670732007-02-10T08:38:00.000-08:002008-12-11T10:04:27.319-08:00Poisons<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZmheqZ1jN5U/Rc3-P_83roI/AAAAAAAAAEA/dFRv2l_aif8/s1600-h/774-poison.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ZmheqZ1jN5U/Rc3-P_83roI/AAAAAAAAAEA/dFRv2l_aif8/s400/774-poison.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029955909660946050" border="0" /></a> Common Poisons & Poisonous Plants Creosote-treated wood Fertilizers Grain, fed in excess Grain, moldy or sour smelling Hay, moldy or sour smelling Herbicides Insecticides Lead paint Medication overdoses Pastures, freshly fertilized Rodent poisons & baits Prunus spp. are trees that produce fruits with a single seed or pit (apricot, cherry and plum). These plants produce toxins in the bark and in wilted leaves, but not in fresh leaves or dried leaves. Common name Botanical name Toxicity Toxic Parts Toxin Acorns (see Red Oak) Quercus High all gallotoxins Amaryllis Hippeastrum vittata Med. all lycorine Andromeda A. floribunda & polyfolia High all andromedotoxin Apricot Prunus armeniaca High wilted leaves cyanide Arrow Grass (Marsh Grass, Pod Grass, Goose Grass) Triglochin maritima High all cyanide Avocado Persea spp Low leaves Azalea Rhododendron indicum High all glycosides Baneberry Actea rubra Med. all ranunculin glycoside Beet Beta spp . leaves . Bindweed (Wild Morning Glory) Convolvulus arvensis Low all estropane alkaloids Bitterweed (Sneezeweed) Helenium Hymenoxys richarsonii Med. all glycosides sesquiterpene lactones Black Henbane Hyscyamus niger High all tropane alkaloids Black Locust Robinia pseudoacadia Black Walnut Juglans nigra Med. all unknown Bleeding Heart Dicentra exemia Med. all various alkaloids Bluebonnet Lupinus subcarnosus . seed . Bouncing Bet (Soapweed) Saponaria officinalis Low all saponins Bracken Fern Pteridium aquilinum Med. all thiaminase Buckwheat Fagopyrum esculentum . all, except ripe seeds fagopyrin Buffalobur - see Kansas Thistle Solanum rostratum High all solanine Burdock Arctium spp. . trauma from spiny burs no toxin present Burning bush Euonymus spp. Low all possible glycoside Buttercup Ranunculus spp. Low all ranunculin, glycoside Caladium (Angel's Wings) Caladium spp Med. all oxalates Calla Lily Zantedeschia spp High all oxalates Castor Bean Ricinus communis High seeds ricin Cherry (all varieties) Prunus cerasus High wilted leaves cyanide Chokecherry Prunus virginiana High wilted leaves cyanide Christmas Rose Helleborus niger Low all protoanemonin Clematis Clematis spp. Low all ranunculin, anemonin Clover, Alsike (red) Trifolium spp . . . Cocklebur Xanthium spp. . burs 2-leaf plantlets trauma from spiny burs carboxyactractyloside Cotton Seed Gossypium spp. Low seed gossypol Cow Cockle Saponaria spp. all, especially seeds saponins Cowslips Caltha palustris Crocus Colchium spp High all alkaloid colchicine Crotolaria Crotolaria spectabalis High all pyrrolizidine alkaloids Dock (Sorrel) Rumex crispus Low all oxalates Daffodil Narcissus spp Med. all . Daphne Daphne mezerium High all diterpenoid (mezerein) Death Camas (Death Onion) Zigadenus spp. High all steroidal alkaloids Delphinium (Larkspur) Delphinium spp. High all alkaloids Desert Baileya Baileya multiradiata all hymenoxon Dieffenbachia (Dumbcane) Dieffenbachia spp Med. all oxalates Dogbane (Indian Hemp) Apocynum cannabinum High all cardiac glycosides Dog Fennel (Mayweed) Anthemis cotula Dutchman's Breeches Dicentra cucullaria Med. all numerous alkaloids Elder (Elderberry, Danewort) Sambucus High foliage cyanide Elephant Ear Colocasia Med. all oxalate English Ivy Hedera helix Med. all saponic glycoside English Laurel Prunus laurocerasus High wilted leaves, stems, seed cyanogenic glycoside, amygalin Ergot fungus (infected grain) Claviceps spp Med. all ergotamine False Hellebore Veratrum woodii Med. all various alkaloids Fescue Festuca arundinacea High all endophyte fungus Flax Linum spp. High all linseed oil & linseed cake cyanide Foxglove Digitalis purpurea High all digitalis Foxtail Barley Hordeum jubatum . awns (mechanical irritant) Giant Hogweed, (Cow Parsnip) Heracleum mantegazzianum Low all . Hemlock Conium maculatum High all conicine Holly Ilex Low berries illicin and others Horse Chestnut, (Buckeye) Aesculus spp. High all glycosides narcotic alkaloids Horsetail Equisetum spp High all thiaminase Horseradish Armoracea rusticana Low root glucosinolates Hyacinth Hyacinthus spp Med. all Hydrangea Hydrangea spp Med. all cyanogenic glycoside Iris Iris spp Med. all Jack-in-the pulpit Arisaema triphyllum Low all Jerusalem Cherry Physalis spp High all various alkaloids Jimson Weed (Thornapple) Datura stramonium High all various alkaloids Johnsongrass Sorghum halapense High all cyanide Jonquil Narcissus spp Med. all . Kansas Thistle, Buffalo Burr Solanum rostratum High all trauma from spiny burs solanine Laburnum (Golden Chain Tree) Laburnum anagyroides High all cytisine alkaloid Lambsquarter (Wormseed) Chenopodium spp High oil from seeds nitrates Lantana Lantana camara High all triterpene acids Larkspur Delphinium tricorne Med. all various alkaloids Lily-of-the-valley Convallaria majalis Med. all . Lobelia Lobelia spp High all pyridine alkaloids Locoweed Oxytropis spp . all swainsonine Lupine Lupinus spp High all alkaloids Maple (red) Acer rubrum High leaves unknown Milkweed Asclepius spp Med. all cardiac glycosides, galitoxin Mistletoe Phoradendron flavescens Med. berries several toxins Mock Orange Philadelphus spp . . . Mole Plant (Caper Spurge) Euphorbia lathyris Low all diterpene esters Monkshood Aconitum spp High all aconitine Motherwort . . . . Mountain Laurel Kalmia spplatifolia, K.augustifolia High all andromedotoxin Narcissus Narcissus spp Med. all Nettle Urtica dioica, Laportea canadensis Low all various Nightshade Solanum spp High all tropane alkaloids Oats Avena sativa Med. grain nitrates, molds Oleander Nerium oleander High all (incl. smoke) oleandrin, nerioside Peach Prunus persica High wilted leaves cyanide Pennycress Thlaspi Med. all isoallyl thiocyanates Peppergrass Lepidium Med. all isoallyl thiocyanates Philodendron Philodendron spp Low all oxalates Pigweed Amaranthus retroflexus High all nephrotoxin, oxalates Plum Prunus spp High wilted leaves cyanide Poinsettia - NOT poisonous Euphorbia pulcherrima Not poisonous Poison Ivy Rhus radicans Low all 3-n-pentadecylcatechol Poison Oak Toxicodendron pubescens High sap - skin irritant urushiol Pokeweed Phytolacca americana Low all saponins Poppy Papaver somniferum High all alkaloids Potato Solanum tuberosum High foliage solanine, other alkaloids Privet Ligustrum spp High berries glycosides Quercus rubra (and others) High leaves, shoots and acorns gallotoxins R. neomexicana High bark, seeds, new growth glycoprotein Ragwort Senecio High all pyrrolizidine alkaloids Rhododendron Rhododendron spp High all glycosides Rhubarb Rheum rhaponticum High leaves oxalates Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius High seed abrin, abric acid Rye Grass Lolium spp High rapidly growing Sago Palm Cycas revoluta Low all glycosides, amino acid BMAA Scotch Broom Cytissus scoparius High all quinolizidine alkaloids Skimmia Skimmia japonica red fruits unknown Skunk Cabbage Symplocarpus foetida Low all oxalates Smartweed Polygonum spp . . nitrates Snow-on-the-mountain Euphorbia marginata High all cocarcinogenic diterpenoids Spurge (many varieties) Euphorbia spp. Low all diterpene esters St. John's Wort Hypericum perforatum Med. all hypericin Sudan Grass Sorghum vulgare or sudanensis ?? . . nitrates Sweet Pea Lathyrus spp Low seeds amine, phenol & glycoside Thistle (Canada, Russian) Cirsium arvense, Rumex spp Low all nitrates Toadstools . . all . Tobacco Nicotiana spp Med. all nictotine (alkaloid) Tomato Lycopersicon esculentum Med. foliage glycoalkaloids Vetch (some varieties) Vicia spp . seed cyanide Water Hemlock (Cowbane) Cicuta spp High all cicutoxin White Snakeroot Eupatorium rugosum High all tremetol Wild Carrot Daucus carota Low leaves falcarinol Wild Cherry Prunus serotina High wilted leaves, twigs, seed cyanide Wild Mustard Brassica Med. all isoallyl thiocyanates Wisteria Wisteria spp High seeds and pods unknown Yellow Jessamine Gelsemium spp High all alkaloids Yew Taxus spp High all taxine Unless you are well educated in the properties and affects of these poisons I do not suggest that you use of them! Many of these can be used in magikal workings or healings but you must be professional about them or they could cause serious harm and even death!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7541307855810805808-56358312871967073?l=desertwitch.blogspot.com'/></div>Lilith Darkwraithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08252012289333892770lillith.darkwraith@yahoo.com1