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10 Deadly Plants You Must Remove From Your House Immediately!

10 Deadly Plants You Must Remove From Your House Immediately!

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You want to decorate your home and give a natural touch to your interior? Good idea, but before going to buy some plants, here are the 10 most dangerous plants, to avoid absolutely!
Hemlock water dropwort (Cicuta maculata)
Hemlock is a poisonous plant of the Umbelliferae family. This plant has large wild flower, often confused with celery or parsnip.
The whole plant, in particular roots, are rich in cicutoxin, a lethal compound. If consumed, hemlock water causes abdominal cramps, nausea, painful convulsions and even sepsis and death. People who survive can suffer from amnesia and sustainable tremors.
Belladonna (Atropa belladonna)
Belladonna contains soft and black berries, which can make you want to eat them. This plant has dull green leaves and shiny black berries of the same size yet the cherries is horribly toxic. Its leaves, stems, roots bays are deadly because this plant contains scopolamine and atropine, compounds that paralyze the muscles of the body, and even the heart. In addition, a simple physical contact with this plant can cause skin irritation.
The rough eupatoire (Ageratina altissima)
This plant contains a toxic alcohol, tremetol. This poison can pass through the consumption of milk and meat from a poisoned cattle. But this plant is completely removed from the animals grazing.
Symptoms of poisoning result in loss of appetite, weakness, nausea, red tongue, abdominal discomfort, abnormal blood acidity, and even death.
The Ricinus (Ricinus communis)
African origin, Ricinus is a toxic plant grown as an ornamental plant. Treated seed of this plant are the source of castor oil, while the natural seed contain ricin, a very toxic compound. Just one or two of these seeds may kill a child while eight seeds of this plant can kill an adult. After the consumption of these seeds, roots inhibits protein synthesis within the cells which will results in Symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting and convulsions and even death.
The red pea (Abrus precatorius)
Red peas, also called Jequirity beans contain abrin, plant toxic known most dangerous: it inhibits protein synthesis in cells. The red peas grow in the tropics and are used in prayer rosaries and jewelry. Intact seeds are not toxic, but those that are broken or chewed can be fatal because of abrin. Just 3 micrograms of these seeds can kill an adult.
The oleander (Nerium oleander)
The oleander is a plant with beautiful pink flowers. But all parts of this plant are deadly because they contain a high amount of glycosides and oleandrine. If consumed, this plant can cause diarrhea, vomiting, convulsions, irregular heartbeat, coma and death.
The poison of oleander is so powerful that some people can get sick just by eating honey from bees which visited oleander flower.
Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum)
Tobacco is the most widely grown commercial plant in the world. All parts of tobacco, particularly the leaves contain nicotine and anabasine, toxic alkaloids which may be fatal. Despite of the fact that it is a real cardiac poison, nicotine is consumed in the four corners of the world. Tobacco is perhaps the deadliest plant: it causes about 5 million deaths each year worldwide.
the brugmansia
Originating in the forests of South America, the Brugmansia includes atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine, psychotropic. This plant is safer and can be used as a biological weapon by humans. The documentary Colombian Devil's Breath, conducted in 2007, shows how criminal gangs used the Brugmansia to their victims zombies ... they refine a scopolamine, which acts as a mesmerizing grass, making them victims unaware of their actions but at the same time all completely conscious.
The Daphne Gnidium or spurge laurel
The Daphne Gnidium is linked to the bay leaf and can be found in public lands and gardens. This plant contains powerful biocide that cause irritation and blistering. If the berries are eaten, they can cause massive internal bleeding, organ failure or death after a few hours.
The death camas -Toxicoscordion venenosum -(Anticlea elegans)
This plant is found in the western forests of North America, where there are also other toxic plants like venenosum toxicoscordion, the most poisonous plant, which is like death camas. consumption of this plant may result in organ failure, circulatory disorders and death.