What dangerous plants and poisonous. The most poisonous plants on earth

It is believed that poisonous plants grow only in the hot tropics, but this is not so. It is worth going to the dacha or to the nearest forest, and we can meet flora that poses a serious and even mortal danger to a person.

Belladonna (lat. Atrópa belladonna)

Can a plant with such a poetic name be dangerous to humans? And how! "Beautiful lady" - so translated from Italian belladonna - is very insidious. Its fruits are a shiny black, sometimes yellow berry with many seeds, saturated with sweet-tasting dark purple nectar, but it is not worth tasting.

Italian women traditionally instilled the juice of this plant into their eyes: the pupils, due to the content of atropine in belladonna, dilated, acquiring an unnatural but attractive luster.

And the berries were used as a dye to create a blush on the cheeks. In Russia, belladonna was also called "Belladonna", but sometimes also "rabies": the same atropine, when the plant was ingested, could cause strong excitement, up to rabies. But this is not the most important symptom. 20 minutes after tasting the leaves or fruit of belladonna, dryness and burning occurs in the mouth, swallowing and breathing become difficult, the heart rate increases, vomiting, stool and urination disorder appear. A person can also be poisoned by honey, which includes belladonna pollen, moreover, toxic effects are manifested even from touching this plant. Livestock that eats it suffers from belladonna, but rabbits feast on it with absolutely no consequences.

Spotted hemlock (lat. Conium maculatum)

It doesn’t just give you a headache – in the ancient Greek justice system, hemlock was used as an official poison, and only since the time of Hippocrates has it become a medicine.

All parts of the plant are equally poisonous, and therefore it is recommended to collect it with extreme caution.

Washing your hands with soap is the best prevention against its toxic properties. Ready raw materials should always be stored separately from other medicinal herbs. In Russia, this weed grows everywhere - from the edges of the forest to vegetable gardens. Children sometimes make whistles from its hollow stem, which is extremely dangerous. However, the unpleasant "mouse" smell of hemlock often scares them away from this activity.

Milestone poisonous (lat. Cicuta virosa)

The name of this plant speaks for itself. In Russia, it is found everywhere, especially near water bodies. The main danger is the tubers, which have a deceptively pleasant smell of either carrots or celery. The main substance of the milestone is cicutoxin, which in small doses has a sedative effect, and also lowers blood pressure - it is not for nothing that it is used in pharmacology.

In folk medicine, milestone tincture is made, which has a number of useful properties: it helps with migraine, gout, rheumatism, tachycardia.

However, an overdose of a drug based on a milestone is fraught with serious consequences - headache, chills, nausea, vomiting, pain in the abdomen, convulsions, profuse salivation appear very quickly, and if the stomach is not washed out in time, death can occur. Due to its toxicity, milestones are also used as an insecticide in the fight against garden pests - caterpillars and insects. And not only. According to some reports, Socrates was poisoned with a poison made from this plant.

Henbane (lat. Hyoscýamus)

We often heard the common expression: “Are you overeating henbane?”. So they say about a person who behaves inadequately. Even Avicena wrote that "henbane is a poison that causes insanity, deprives memory and causes suffocation and demonic possession."

Henbane is a very unpretentious plant - it has chosen wastelands, yards, vegetable gardens and roadsides, there is a lot of it where a person lives.

The plant has a very unpleasant odor, at least animals are sensitive to it and bypass henbane. In the Middle Ages, there was such a military trick. The retreating army left its wine supply to the enemy, having previously mixed henbane into it. The enemy, of course, could not help but take advantage of such a gift and drank poisoned wine. Later, the soldiers returned to their possessions and slaughtered the drugged enemies. Everything is toxic in henbane - root, stem, flowers, but especially seeds. First of all, children who take these seeds for edible may be at risk.

Wolfberry (lat. Dáphne)

In childhood, many of us were warned against eating such attractive-looking wolf berries, and for good reason - 5 berries can be a lethal dose for a child, and 12 will calmly send an adult to the next world. But even if you do not overdo it with the dose, then the poison of the wolfberry can cause reddening of the skin and blisters, as well as diseases of the kidneys and stomach.

In spring, the "wolf" shrub is decorated with delicate flowers - pink, cream and purple, but their beauty is deceptive - the pollen of flowers can cause dizziness and headache. It is curious that in Nepal they make paper of the highest grade from the wolfberry, and in our country it is used for landscaping. Wolfberry is listed in the Red Book of Russia: a plant that poses a danger to people is itself on the verge of extinction.

Wrestler or aconite (lat. Acónítum)

The name "aconite" is associated with the feat of Hercules, in which he freed the three-headed Cerberus from the underworld. When the hero brought the hellish dog into the light of day, the beast filled the grass with poisonous saliva - and tall, slender plants grew there. It happened near the city of Akoni. In Russia, there are more than 60 types of aconite, and it is actively used in folk medicine.

Everything is used for the preparation of preparations, except for the root - it is so poisonous!

Children are very often attracted to the beautiful flowers of aconite, which they taste - burning pain and numbness of the mouth can appear within a few minutes. The facts speak about the poisonous properties of the fighter: the German peoples rubbed their arrowheads for hunting wolves, and the skullcap, soaked in its juice, killed Tamerlane. For any person, a 2-3 gram dose of aconite will be fatal.

Ash tree (lat. Dictamnus)

During its flowering, the ash tree is unusually beautiful. Large white, pink, lilac flowers with purple veins will not leave anyone indifferent. And when the fruits appear - five-celled boxes with shiny black seeds - a rather sharp aroma, similar to the smell of orange peel, spreads around the ash tree. It smells like essential oils.

They say that if you bring a lit match to a plant on a windless sunny day, a red-purple flame will flare up around it, but the plant itself will remain untouched by fire.

So he was nicknamed by the people "burning bush". Despite the beauty of the ash tree, flowers and seed pods should never be touched, or even smelled! At first, a person will not feel anything, but after a day, a burn occurs at the place of contact, which can be replaced by long-term non-healing ulcers - a trace of them will remain forever. And the contact of the ash tree with a large area of \u200b\u200bthe body is associated with a risk to life. In our opinion, this is the most dangerous plant in Russia.

Over millions of years of evolution, plants have developed cunning and in some cases deadly defenses against hungry animals. These defense mechanisms include lethal neurotoxins, sharp spikes that can puncture car tires, and powerful digestive enzymes that can digest insects and small rodents. Below is a list of 10 dangerous plants that you should not deal with. Therefore, read carefully and shake your head, perhaps this article will save your life.

NEPENTES ATTENBORO

Nepenthes Attenborough (lat. Nepenthes attenboroughii)

Nepenthes Attenborough is a giant carnivorous plant named after one of the world's most famous naturalists, Sir David Frederick Attenborough.

It was discovered at an altitude of over 1.5 km above sea level on Mount Victoria of Palawan Island (Philippines). The jar of the plant releases nectar-like substances to lure unsuspecting victims into a pool of enzymes and acid. Multiple sticky ribs on the surface of the jar reduce the chances of prey to be saved to a minimum. The diameter of the jug is about 30 cm, which allows it to feast on not only insects, but also larger prey, such as rodents.

castor bean

Castor oil (lat. Rícinus)

Castor bean is a plant that almost anyone can buy at any garden store, however, its seeds contain the deadly poison ricin. The consequences of getting this poison into the human body can be very deplorable, even fatal. Therefore, we advise you to think carefully before planting castor beans in your garden, especially if you have small children.

POISONOUS OR HICUT

Veh poisonous or Cikuta (lat. Cicúta virósa)

Weh poisonous or Cikuta is a toxic plant common in Eastern and Western Europe, North America, and Asia. Cicuta contains cicutoxin, which affects the central nervous system, causing epileptic seizures, abdominal pain, vomiting, unconsciousness, muscle spasms, and eventually death.

WRINKLE STUFF

Wrinkled vine (lat. Eupatorium rugosa)

The wrinkled vine is a perennial plant of the Compositae or Astrov family. Every part of this plant contains tremetol, an unsaturated alcohol that causes muscle tremors and can even kill you.

Wrinkled Veskonnik deserves special danger also because cows sometimes like to eat them. This was the cause of the death of Nancy Hanks, the mother of US President Abraham Lincoln, who drank milk from a cow who tasted this insidious plant.

ACONITE KLOBUCHKOVY

Aconite klobuchkovy (lat. Acōnítum napēllus)

Aconite klobuchkovy is a perennial, ornamental, garden plant from the Buttercup family. All parts of Aconite contain the deadly neurotoxin aconitine, which easily penetrates the body through the skin, has a convulsive-paralytic effect and can lead to cardiac arrest. An antidote has not yet been found.

Pemphigus Vulgaris

Pemphigus vulgaris (Utricularia vulgaris)

Pemphigus vulgaris is an aquatic predatory plant that feeds on tadpoles, fry, insects and small crustaceans. It got its name because of the style of hunting. On the branches of the plant, a lot of vacuum bubbles are collected, once in which, the victim is unable to get out. Over time, the prey dies, and the pemphigus gradually absorbs all the necessary nutrients.

VENUS FLYTRAP

Venus flytrap (lat. Dionaea muscipula)

- a carnivorous plant from the Rosyankovye family. Feeds mainly on insects, but occasionally slugs. The reaction speed (about half a second) would be the envy of many representatives of the animal kingdom. The mechanism of response to the victim in general will amaze any imagination. In order for the trap to work, the victim must sequentially and with an interval of about 20 seconds touch two antennae in the flytrap. In the case of a successful hunt, the Venus flytrap is engaged in digestion for 10 days. Then it opens and is ready to hunt again. Unfortunately, the principle of operation of this amazing mechanism is still not fully understood.

BRugmansia tree

Brugmansia tree (lat. Brugmansia candida)

Brugmansia tree, or Brugmansia tree - a tropical plant from the genus Brugmansia of the Solanaceae family, native to South America.

All parts of Brugmansia arborescens contain a cocktail of toxins such as atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine. Atropine and scopolamine are similar in their effects on the human brain. Large doses of these toxins can cause excessive motor and mental agitation, anxiety, hallucinations, and convulsions. Hyoscyamine, when exposed to the body, causes increased heart rate, drying out of the mouth, vomiting, hyperthermia, blurry vision, eye pain, and in rare cases can cause coma or death.

OLEANDER ORDINARY

Common oleander (lat. Nerium oleander)

This common evergreen shrub is one of the most poisonous plants in the world. The leaves, flowers, and fruits contain cardiac glycosides that are used therapeutically, but just as well, this cute plant can easily become a deadly weapon that can stop your heart.

KNIDOSCOLUS

Cnidoscolus angustidens (Cnidoscolus angustidens)

Knidoskolus narrow-toothed is a shrub from the Euphorbiaceae family. This thorny plant is more painful than poisonous. Knidoskolus narrow-toothed is littered with thousands of barbed wire-like needles, but the real danger comes from the milky juice, which causes severe painful skin irritations, and if it comes into contact with the mucous membrane of the eye, it can lead to long-term visual impairment.

Interestingly, the world's most dangerous plants aren't necessarily some exotic tropical killer plants we'd expect to see in an Amazon jungle movie or a lost world in Papua New Guinea. On the contrary, the plant that kills the most people in the world can be found in every second large flower garden, it is also grown on thousands of plantations around the world. Similarly, the most poisonous plant in the world, included in the Guinness Book of Records, grows throughout the southern strip of Russia and Ukraine, is often cultivated specifically as an ornamental plant, and poison is also obtained from its fruits (which, by the way, some famous people were poisoned), and even medicinal. raw materials.

And we recall once again that dangerous plants are not necessarily poisonous. They can injure and even kill not only with poisons. Look here...

1. Stinging Tree (Dendrocnide moroidea)

The stinging tree isn't really a tree. This is a large shrub from the nettle family.

The tropical relative of our nettle, the stinging tree, is much more stinging and dangerous.

This plant grows in Australia, the Moluccas and Indonesia and is known to the natives for its leaves dangerous to humans. Upon contact of the skin with this plant, the victim receives a severe burn. Extensive blisters appear at the site of the burn.

Burns received from a stinging tree heal for a very long time and can disturb the victim from several days to several months. Even one case of human death after contact with a stinging tree is known.

In addition to humans, various animals periodically suffer from burns of this plant. There are quite a few cases where dogs and even horses received burns.

Interestingly, some animals, including insects and birds, are not susceptible to stinging tree stings. This allows them to feed on the leaves and fruits of it.

2. Castor bean

Castor oil is a medicinal and ornamental plant, common in the warm climates of both hemispheres. Often this plant can also be found here, planted in flower beds in large cities or near fences in the countryside.

Castor oil in the private sector in Donetsk

It is from castor beans that a well-known remedy for constipation is made - castor oil. And it is she who is included in the Guinness Book of Records as the most poisonous plant in the world. Its seeds contain ricin, a toxin that is six times more poisonous than the well-known potassium cyanide.

On a note

Georgy Markov - a journalist and writer - was killed in 1978 by ricin, which turned out to be an autopsy. A stranger on the street, using a special umbrella, injected the journalist with a ricin capsule into the calf muscle, from which Georgy died the next day, despite the doctors' attempts to save his life.

In addition to ricin, castor bean contains another poison - ricinin.

The poisonousness of this plant is so great that just ten castor bean seeds will be enough to fatally poison an adult. If ricin itself is extracted from the seeds, a lethal dose of it will fit on the tip of a pin. Given that this toxin is relatively easy to obtain, it is often used by terrorists. For example, at the destroyed base of al-Qaeda, a whole for the production of it was found.

This amount of seeds is enough to kill an adult human.

It is not surprising that the castor bean confidently occupies the first lines in many ratings of the TOP 10 most dangerous plants in the world.

3. Manchine

The manchineel or manchineel tree is one of the most poisonous plants on Earth.

Being a member of the euphorbiaceae family, this plant contains poisonous, burning milky juice in all its parts. At the same time, all its fruits look and smell very appetizing, and the burning sensation in the mouth does not appear immediately, which has repeatedly led to poisoning of people.

So, there are several cases when sailors who escaped from death on the water met this plant on land and, taking it for edible, ate it. Poisoning was not always fatal (burning juice did not allow you to eat much), but there are also fatal cases.

The fruits of the manchineel look quite appetizing and it is not surprising that a person who finds himself in the rainforest for the first time is willing to taste them.

The juice of this plant is dangerous not only when taken orally: when it gets on the skin, it causes severe burns, and when it gets into the eyes, it causes severe pain, and sometimes blindness.

Where manchine grows, they try not to graze livestock. Destroying the plant with axes and saws without protecting the skin and eyes is difficult because of its milky juice. Even burning wood can make you sick if the smoke gets into your eyes.

4. Belladonna

Belladonna is a poisonous herbaceous plant from the Solanaceae family. By the way, many representatives of this family are known for their toxicity.

Atropine, which is part of belladonna, even in small doses, can cause a strong arousal in a person, turning into bouts of insanity and violence.

Most often, people are poisoned by the berries of this plant, which, despite their toxicity, taste very good.

It is interesting

Only recently, a sad story about vegan Igor, who ate belladonna berries on the way to Ai-Petri, thundered on the Internet. Igor liked the taste of the berries, and therefore he considered them safe (one of the common misconceptions is to consider all tasty plants edible) and ate them in large quantities. Doctors could not save Igor.

Belladonna can be found in almost the entire temperate zone, and after tasting the berries, you will not immediately deny yourself the pleasure of eating more ...

In case of poisoning, dryness and burning sensation in the mouth occurs, the heartbeat quickens. Sometimes poisoning is accompanied by delusions and hallucinations. With severe poisoning, paralysis of the respiratory center is possible, leading to death.

5. Crow's eye

This plant from the melanthaceae family is one of the most poisonous in the world.

And if in some plants only certain parts of them are poisonous, then the crow's eye is completely poisonous: the rhizome causes nausea and vomiting, the leaves act on the central nervous system, the fruits have a negative effect on the heart.

Most often, children are poisoned by this plant, eating its fruits - small black shiny berries up to 1 cm in diameter. Actually, this plant got its name for the characteristic appearance of a berry, “sitting” on its own on a grassy shoot.

The raven eye is a well-recognized plant, so its berries are mainly eaten by children who do not know anything about its toxicity.

In case of poisoning, vomiting and diarrhea, dizziness and convulsions are observed, but the biggest danger is cardiac arrest.

The raven eye is forbidden to be used for medical purposes, which is another indication of its poisonousness.

6. Sosnovsky's hogweed

This is perhaps one of the most famous plants in the expanses of the former USSR. The sad glory of hogweed Sosnovsky is associated with burns that remain on the human body after contact with it.

It is noteworthy that the hogweed juice itself does not leave burns. But it also significantly increases the sensitivity of the skin to the ultraviolet and visible spectrum of solar radiation. Thus, even a short exposure to the sun after contact with the plant leads to terrible burns that do not heal for a long time, the scars from which can remain on the body for more than a year.

In addition to the danger to humans, Sosnovsky's hogweed is also a malicious weed, which is very difficult to fight.

Severe burns covering more than 80% of the skin can be fatal.

Among other things, Sosnovsky's hogweed juice contains substances that cause a mutagenic effect. It is not surprising that in the TOP-5 dangerous plants in Russia, hogweed always occupies one of the first lines.

7. Spotted hemlock

Many species of the umbrella family, which include hemlock, are dangerous to humans due to their toxicity. So the relatives of the hemlock include hemlock, which was most widely used for the death penalty in ancient Greece. Spotted hemlock is not only one of the most dangerous in this family: this plant is one of the most poisonous in the world.

The composition of hemlock tissues includes a number of alkaloids. The most poisonous among them is horse meat, which has a nerve-paralytic effect.

In case of hemlock poisoning, the victim increases salivation, visual impairment is observed, dizziness, vomiting and diarrhea may occur. However, the danger to life is the so-called ascending paralysis: the feet are taken away and lose sensitivity, then the paralysis gradually “rises” upwards until it reaches the diaphragm and causes suffocation.

On a note

According to the latest data, it was the famous ancient Greek philosopher Socrates who was poisoned with spotted hemlock. There is a constant debate among researchers about this, for a long time it was believed that Socrates took hemlock poison. Today, there is more and more evidence that the “official” poison in ancient Greece was still hemlock, and it was with its help that the philosopher was executed.

In places where there is a lot of hemlock, a long stay near its thickets can cause headaches only from the pollen of flowers.

There are cases when people were poisoned with hemlock, confusing it with other plants. So, for example, some ate hemlock root, believing that it was horseradish root, others confused hemlock leaves with parsley leaves. There are also cases when hemlock seeds were mistaken for anise seeds. By the way, this is also notable for hemlock and other dangerous plants from the umbrella family - they do not at all give the impression of being unusual and people do not expect that such a simple-looking “grass” can pose a threat to life. This is the deceit of the hemlock and its relatives.

8. Fluffy toxicodendron, also known as deer-horned sumac

This small shrub, slightly taller than a man, does not belong to poisonous plants, as such. Its main trump card is urushiol, an oily toxin contained in this plant that causes severe allergies. Even a light touch to the toxicodendron can be enough to cause a severe allergic reaction.

Due to its beautiful foliage, sumac is often grown as an ornamental plant and if no parts of it are eaten, then it does not pose a danger.

However, dermatitis is not the main danger: in some cases, an allergic reaction develops so violently that anaphylactic shock may occur, followed by loss of consciousness and suffocation. Moreover, if you do not provide medical assistance, death can occur within a few minutes.

9. Strychnos poisonous

Strychnos is a vine from South America. It gained its fame thanks to the poison (curare) contained in the roots and stems of the plant. It is with this poison, when going hunting, that the local Indians lubricate the arrowheads, and the liana itself in this respect was a competitor of the famous poison dart frogs, whose glands secrete an even stronger toxin - batrachotoxin.

Curare contains two toxic alkaloids - strychnine and brucine. Each of these poisons causes different symptoms, but in the end leads to the same result - death.

It is believed that death from poisons contained in strychnos is one of the most terrible and painful.

Strychnine belongs to the first hazard class (very toxic substances) and is almost twice as toxic as potassium cyanide. When ingested, it causes severe convulsions of the whole body and respiratory paralysis, leading to death.

Brucine is slightly less toxic than strychnine. Once in the body of the victim, it causes muscle cramps, which are aggravated by exposure to sound and light. Also, this alkaloid increases the heart rate with subsequent cardiac arrest.

10. Tobacco

Agree, it would be unfair not to mention it. Yes, he does not kill immediately. Yes, its leaves, along with nicotine, contain the alkaloid anabazine, which can lead to poisoning when eating the leaves, but it is not as toxic as the components of the plants listed above. But it is tobacco smoking that, according to statistics, leads to the death of more than 5 million people worldwide. No other even the most poisonous and deadly plant can compare with it in its "striking" ability. Perhaps even all the other poisonous plants put together will not catch up with tobacco in terms of the number of people killed. And at the same time, tobacco is the record holder in terms of cultivation areas among all other cultivated plants that are not used for food. There is a large dose of absurdity in this: people spend enormous resources on cultivating a plant that kills them ...

Interestingly, tobacco is often grown as an ornamental plant. In this form, it is completely safe if it is not eaten or smoked.

Tobacco plantations where people grow a killer plant...

It is important to remember that most plants are dangerous only when, out of ignorance or stupidity, people themselves are poisoned or injured by them - they eat unfamiliar berries and fruits, push wide hogweed leaves with their hands, tear hemlock leaves instead of parsley. Therefore, always before you find yourself in nature, even in an area familiar to you, find out what dangerous plants you can find here, why they are dangerous and what absolutely cannot be done with them. It may save your life or the life of your children...

For most people, plants are not usually associated with danger, but the representatives of the flora, which we will talk about today, will prove that you need to take the plant world more seriously. It's not about poison ivy or carnivorous plants. Our review presents much more dangerous samples. Here are 9 plants that can really kill you. Stay away from them!

Aconite (wrestler, "wolf poison")

Outwardly, aconite looks beautiful and quite harmless, but all parts of this plant are poisonous. In ancient times, hunters rubbed the tips of their arrows and spears with it to kill wolves. That is why now aconite is often called "wolf poison". According to the BBC, in 2014 gardener Nathan Greenaway died just by touching him. When ingested with food, aconite provokes diarrhea, vomiting and numbness of the skin.

Castor bean (castor seed, dry bean)

The seeds of this plant contain ricin, an extremely dangerous and fast-acting poison. When ingested, they cause indigestion, vomiting, bloody diarrhea, rapid heartbeat, low blood pressure, profuse sweating, loss of consciousness, convulsions, and death after a few days. Not so long ago, a case was recorded when a person was poisoned by simply inhaling the smoke formed during the burning of castor beans.

Cicuta (milestone, water hemlock)

Hemlock is very similar to the wild carrot, another plant with small white flowers. However, they do have one small difference to keep in mind. In the center of the wild carrot is a red flower surrounded by many white ones, while in the hemlock all the flowers are white. This plant is very common and extremely dangerous. If you eat hemlock, then you will have convulsive seizures and a host of other terrible symptoms of poisoning. Most likely, you will soon die.

Datura ("angelic trumpets", "devil's trap")

One of the old sayings says that a person who has eaten Datura is "hot as a hare; blind as a bat; dry as a bone; red as a beetroot; and mad as a hatter." Research scientists have confirmed that there is some truth in this saying. In 2006, four Canadian teenagers ate Datura to induce hallucinations. Later, they all ended up in the hospital and behaved so aggressively that the doctors were forced to inject them with a sedative. Three had to limit their ability to move, as they were a danger to themselves and to the staff. According to many reports, Datura can also lead to coma and death.

Stinging tree (jimpy-jimpy)

The name of this plant may sound funny, but if you come across it, you will not be joking. The stinging tree is covered in tiny, poisonous hairs that, once lodged in your skin, will leave you in severe pain for months. The treatment looks as creepy as the symptoms of poisoning. You will need to treat the affected area of skin with hydrochloric acid, and then remove all the hairs with wax strips.

Hogweed Mantegazzi (Giant Hogweed, Heracles Grass)

This plant, reaching a height of 6 m, not only looks menacing, it is actually very dangerous. Giant hogweed juice can cause rashes, blisters, scars, and even loss of vision.

Voronet thick-legged (Voronets white, "doll's eye")

The berries of this plant look like eyeballs and are extremely poisonous, especially if eaten. That is why all animals try to stay away from them, and people should do the same.

Kirkazon ordinary (fever grass, finovnik)

This plant is widely used in alternative medicine, despite the fact that its roots and stem are full of aristolochic acid, which can directly cause kidney failure. Experts advise to abandon any preparations from kirkazon in order to avoid this side effect.

Manchineel tree (manchineel, beach apple)

Manchine is found in Central America and the Caribbean. The name of this plant is translated from Spanish as "tree of death", which is not surprising, considering that you will die if you eat its fruits, which look like apples. Manchineel juice can cause blisters, and the smoke generated during its combustion can lead to temporary loss of vision. In other words, any part of this plant is dangerous, so avoid it.

Daphne

Another well-known plant, which is also called "wolf bast". The common wolfberry grows in forests, and the laurel wolfberry is used for decorative purposes. All parts of this pretty plant are highly poisonous. And red oval berries (which often attract children), if eaten in just a few pieces, lead to death within a few hours.

buttercup caustic

Below is a list of the most dangerous plants in the natural world that you'd better not deal with. Therefore, read carefully and shake your head, perhaps this article will save your life.

The well-known plant, which we used to call "night blindness" since childhood. Despite its completely harmless appearance, this plant is deadly poisonous to animals and humans if accidentally ingested. And the juice of this plant, when picking flowers, causes temporary severe skin irritation, so you need to carefully monitor children in places where caustic buttercup grows.

Hogweed Sosnowski and Hogweed Mantegazzi

Strongly spread throughout Europe - real monster plants. It is enough to simply get the juice of these large, attractive-looking umbrella plants on the skin, as under the influence of the photosensitization process (increased skin sensitivity to sunlight), long-term non-healing burns form on the skin. If juice gets into the eyes, complete blindness can occur! It is especially dangerous to approach umbrellas in sunny weather.

Milestone poisonous (hemlock)

Another very poisonous plant of the umbrella family. Modern researchers are inclined to think that Socrates, sentenced to death by the court, was poisoned with hemlock. Veh is somewhat similar to edible angelica. It is also often mistaken for a carrot by children, and are misled by the plant's carrot smell and similar sweet-tasting rhizome, which is the most poisonous part of the plant.

Aconite Dzungarian

A deadly plant common in China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan. Beautiful blue-violet flowers on a tall stem up to 70 centimeters attract the attention of uninformed travelers. But just two milligrams of the acotinine alkaloid contained in the juice of the shoots of the plant, when ingested, is enough for a fatal outcome. Therefore, it is better not to take risks and keep a distance from aconite.

Brugmansia fragrant

It grows in South America, is a close relative of Datura common. This creeper looks unusually spectacular, so it is sometimes bred in Europe for decorative purposes. But with this plant you need to be extremely careful - all its parts contain toxic and hallucinogenic substances - atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine. It is not for nothing that popular rumor ascribes to this plant the ability to turn people into zombies, which is used by all sorts of magicians, sorcerers and healers.

Ongaonga

It grows in New Zealand and is some kind of monstrous version of our quite cute nettle. It grows up to four and a half meters in height, and is equipped with very long needles, upon contact with which a very dangerous neurotoxin is injected under the skin, which in any case causes severe burns, but can also lead to more sad consequences. There were cases when a person who only touched this “nettle” with his hand died. Therefore, when walking, you need to remember about the possibility of meeting with ongaonga.

Poison sumac (lacquer tree)

It grows in Japan and China, a close relative of the mango tree. Despite this relationship, it is one of the most poisonous plants on Earth. The resin of the tree, even just getting on the skin, causes severe deep non-healing burns. The tree is cultivated for its beautiful yellow wood and for its resin, which is used to make a very durable lacquer.

Strychnos poisonous

Growing in the forests of the Amazon, everyone is talking about because of its second name, curare. The juice of the bark of this tree is traditionally used by the Indians for hunting - when it enters the bloodstream, the victim stops breathing and inevitable death. At the same time, the poison does not affect the quality of the meat.

manchineel tree

Can be found in Florida and the Caribbean. Deadly for humans are the fruits of this plant, its juice. And with a simple touch to the bark of a tree, a strong allergy occurs, which in itself can be very dangerous.

castor oil

A plant that can be purchased by almost anyone at any garden store, however, its seeds contain the deadly poison ricin. The consequences of getting this poison into the human body can be very deplorable, even fatal. Therefore, we advise you to think carefully before planting castor beans in your garden, especially if you have small children.

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