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[7] [8] [9] The concentration and distribution of these compounds can vary widely by species, but they are often concentrated in the fleshy rinds. [8] Symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, depression, and photosensitivity. Citrus essential oils do not appear to be toxic to humans. [10] [11] Lathyrus sativus: Indian pea, grass pea, chickling pea ...
Agitation and palpitations, [3] "hypertension, irregular heart rate, insomnia, nervousness, tremors and seizures, paranoid psychosis, heart attacks, strokes, and death", [1] [15] kidney stones [15] Flavonoids (contained in many medicinal plants) [5] Vitamin P, citrin Flavonoids, bioflavonoids Hemolytic anemia, kidney damage [5] Germander: Teucrium
Conium maculatum is a herbaceous flowering plant that grows to 1.5–2.5 metres (5–8 feet) tall, exceptionally 3.6 m (12 ft). [3] All parts of the plant are hairless (glabrous). Hemlock has a smooth, green, hollow stem, usually spotted or streaked with red or purple.
] The plant contains the toxin tremetol which causes milk sickness, a sometimes fatal condition. [9] Alcea rosea: Common hollyhock Believed to be an emollient and laxative. It is used to control inflammation, to stop bedwetting and as a mouthwash in cases of bleeding gums. [10] Alisma plantago-aquatica: Water-plantain Used for the urinary tract ...
Several plants, including nightshade, become more toxic as they wilt and die, posing a danger to horses eating dried hay or plant matter blown into their pastures. [3] The risk of animals becoming ill during the fall is increased, as many plants slow their growth in preparation for winter, and equines begin to browse on the remaining plants.
Parthenium hysterophorus is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the American tropics. [1] Common names include Santa-Maria, [2] Santa Maria feverfew, [3] whitetop weed, [4] and famine weed. [5] In India, it is locally known as carrot grass, congress grass [6] or gajar ghas or dhanura. [7]
Alstonia scholaris, commonly called blackboard tree, scholar tree, milkwood or devil's tree in English, [3] is an evergreen tropical tree in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae).It is native to southern China, tropical Asia (mainly the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia) and Australasia, where it is a common ornamental plant.
Plant domestication is seen as the birth of agriculture. However, it is arguably proceeded by a very long history of gardening wild plants. While the 12,000 year-old date is the commonly accepted timeline describing plant domestication, there is now evidence from the Ohalo II hunter-gatherer site showing earlier signs of disturbing the soil and cultivation of pre-domesticated crop species. [8]