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D. moroides is a straggly perennial shrub, usually flowering and fruiting when less than 3 m (10 ft) tall, but it may reach up to 10 m (33 ft) in height. It is superficially similar to Dendrocnide cordifolia, with the most obvious difference being the point of attachment of the petiole to the leaf blade—where D. moroides is peltate, i.e. the stalk attaches to the underside of the leaf and ...
The plants are large shrubs or small trees up to 5 metres (16 ft) tall. The bark is white and smooth with lenticellate blaze. Whitish. branchlets are terete (cylindrical and circular in cross section) with glandular stinging hairs. Leaves are simple, alternate, spiral, with stipule caducous (falling off prematurely or easily) and leaving scar
Smodingium argutum, the African poison ivy or pain bush, [2] is a southern African shrub or medium-sized tree in the Anacardiaceae, which has properties comparable to the American poison ivy, [3] as its sap contains heptadecyl catechols that are toxic to the skin. [1] An immuno-chemical reaction is suspected as in other toxic anacardiaceous ...
Heart palpitations and arrhythmias, hypotension, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, respiratory system paralysis, death [4] [5] Aloe vera juice medicinal aloe Aloe vera "abdominal pain, diarrhea, potentially carcinogenic, with others can potentiate cardiac glycosides and antiarrhythmic agents" [3] Anthranoid laxatives
Dendrocnide excelsa, commonly known as the giant stinging tree or fibrewood, is a rainforest tree in the nettle family which is endemic to eastern Australia.It occurs from Tathra, New South Wales to Imbil in southeastern Queensland, and is very common at Dorrigo National Park and other rainforest walks in eastern Australia.
An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest example of how some animals attempt to soothe their own ills with remedies found in the wild, scientists ...
Opiates are alkaloid compounds naturally found in the Papaver somniferum plant (opium poppy). The psychoactive compounds found in the opium plant include morphine, codeine, and thebaine. Opiates have long been used for a variety of medical conditions with evidence of opiate trade and use for pain relief as early as the eighth century AD.
Some plants have physical defenses such as thorns, spines and prickles, but by far the most common type of protection is chemical. [1] Over millennia, through the process of natural selection, plants have evolved the means to produce a vast and complicated array of chemical compounds to deter herbivores.