List of poisonous plants
Other poisonous plants
Countless other plants not commonly used as food are also poisonous, and care should be taken to avoid accidentally contacting or ingesting them:

List of poisonous plants

Section Title: Other poisonous plants
Table Section Text: Countless other plants not commonly used as food are also poisonous, and care should be taken to avoid accidentally contacting or ingesting them:

Scientific name	Common names, description	Picture

Abrus precatorius	Known commonly as jequirity, crab's eye, rosary pea, 'John Crow' bead, precatory bean, Indian licorice, akar saga, giddee giddee, jumbie bead, ruti, and weather plant.	-

Aconitum genus	Several species, commonly called aconite, wolfsbane and monkshood. All parts are poisonous.	Aconitum napellus 004.JPG

Actaea pachypoda	Also known as doll's eyes or white baneberry. All parts are poisonous, especially the berries, the consumption of which has a sedative effect on cardiac muscle tissue and can cause cardiac arrest.	-

Adenium obesum	Also known as sabi star, kudu or desert-rose. The plant exudes a highly toxic sap which is used by the Meridian High and Hadza in Tanzania to coat arrow-tips for hunting.	Maldives 01010.JPG

Adonis vernalis	Known variously as pheasant's eye and false hellebore, the plant is poisonous, containing cardiostimulant compounds, such as adonidin and aconitic acid.	-

Aesculus hippocastanum	Commonly known as horse-chestnut. All parts of the plant are poisonous, causing nausea, muscle twitches, and sometimes paralysis.

Agave genus	The juice of a number of species causes acute contact dermatitis, with blistering lasting several weeks and recurring itching for several years thereafter.

Ageratina altissima	Commonly known as white snakeroot. All parts are poisonous, causing nausea and vomiting.	Ageratina altissima 002.JPG

Agrostemma githago	Commonly known as corn cockle. Contains the saponins githagin and agrostemmic acid.	-

Anemone nemorosa	Common names include wood anemone, windflower and thimbleweed. The plant contains poisonous chemicals that are toxic to animals including humans, but it has also been used as a medicine.	-

Anthurium genus	Common names include anthurium, tailflower, flamingo flower. Anthurium plants are poisonous due to calcium oxalate crystals.	Aanthurium.JPG

Aquilegia genus	Several species commonly known as columbine. Seeds and roots contain cardiogenic toxins which cause both severe gastroenteritis and heart palpitations if consumed.	AQUILEGIA VULGARIS - GUIXERS - IB-0174.JPG

Areca catechu	Commonly known as betel nut palm and pinyang. The nut contains an alkaloid related to nicotine which is addictive.

Argemone mexicana	Common names include Mexican poppy, flowering thistle, cardo or cardosanto. A.	-

Arnica montana	Also known as wolf's bane. It contains the toxin helenalin, which can be poisonous if large amounts of the plant are eaten or small amounts of concentrated Arnica are used.	-

Arum maculatum	Commonly known as cuckoo-pint, lords and ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, wake robin, wild arum, devils and angels, cows and bulls, Adam and Eve, bobbins and starch-root.	-

Atropa belladonna	Commonly known as deadly nightshade, belladonna, devil's cherry and dwale, an Anglo-Saxon term meaning "stupifying drink"). One of the most toxic plants found in the Western hemisphere, all parts of the plant contain tropane alkaloids – as do those of its equally deadly sister species A.baetica, A.pallidiflora and A.acuminata.	-

Brugmansia genus	Commonly known as angel's trumpet. All parts of all plants in this genus contain the tropane alkaloids scopolamine and atropine; often fatal.	-

Caladium genus	Commonly known as angel wings, elephant ear and heart of Jesus. All parts of all plants in this genus are poisonous.	-

Calla palustris	Also known as marsh calla, wild calla and water-arum. The plant is very poisonous when fresh due to its high oxalic acid content, but the rhizome (like that of Caladium, Colocasia, and Arum) is edible after drying, grinding, leaching and boiling.	-

Caltha palustris	Commonly known as marsh-marigold and kingcup. It contains several active substances of which the most important from a toxicological point of view is protoanemonin.	Caltha palustris Moshchun2.JPG

Cascabela thevetia	Also known as yellow oleander. All parts of the plant are toxic to most vertebrates as they contain cardiac glycosides.	-

Cephalanthus occidentalis	Commonly called buttonbush. It has a number of historical medicinal uses, but it is also toxic due to the presence of cephalathin.	-

Cerbera odollam	Commonly known as the suicide tree. The seeds contain cerberin, a potent toxin related to digoxin.	Cerbera odollam (Flowers).JPG

Chelidonium majus	Also known as greater celandine. The whole plant is toxic in moderate doses as it contains a range of isoquinoline alkaloids, but there are claimed to be therapeutic uses when used at the correct dosage.	-

Cicuta genus	Commonly known as water hemlock, cowbane, wild carrot, snakeweed, poison parsnip, false parsley, children's bane and death-of-man. The root, when freshly pulled out of the ground, is extremely poisonous and contains the toxin cicutoxin, a central nervous system stimulant that induces seizures.	Cicuta virosa 002.JPG

Cleistanthus collinus	Ingestion of its leaves or a dicoction of its leaves causes hypokalemia (kaliuresis and cardiac arrhythmias), metabolic acidosis, hypotension and hypoxia.	-

Clivia miniata	Commonly known as Natal lily, bush lily and Kaffir lily. It contains small amounts of lycorine, making it poisonous.	-

Codiaeum variegatum	Also known as garden croton or variegated croton. As with many of the Euphorbiaceae, the sap can cause skin eczema in some people.	-

Colchicum autumnale	Commonly known as autumn crocus and meadow saffron. The bulbs contain colchicine.	Colchicum autumnale ENBLA03.jpeg

Conium maculatum	Commonly known as hemlock, poison hemlock, spotted parsley, spotted cowbane, bad-man's oatmeal, poison snakeweed and beaver poison. All parts of the plant contain the alkaloid coniine which causes stomach pains, vomiting, and progressive paralysis of the central nervous system; can be fatal.	-

Consolida subgenus	Commonly known as larkspur. Young plants and seeds are poisonous, causing nausea, muscle twitches, and paralysis; often fatal.	-

Convallaria majalis	Commonly known as lily of the valley. Contains 38 different cardiac glycosides.	-

Coriaria myrtifolia	Commonly known as redoul. A Mediterranean plant containing the toxin coriamyrtin, ingestion of which produces digestive, neurological and respiratory problems.	Coriaria myrtifolia 3c.JPG

Cytisus scoparius	Commonly known as broom or common broom. Contains toxic alkaloids that depress the heart and nervous system.	-

Daphne genus	The berries (either red or yellow) are poisonous, causing burns to mouth and digestive tract, followed by coma; often fatal.	Daphne mezereum 003.JPG

Datura genus	Several species commonly known as jimson weed, thorn apple, stinkweed, Jamestown weed, angel's trumpets, moonflower, and sacred datura. Containing the tropane alkaloids scopolamine, hyoscyamine, and atropine, all parts of these plants are poisonous, especially the seeds and flowers.	Datura stramonium 002.JPG

Daucus carota	Commonly known as wild carrot. It can be dangerously toxic to humans.	Ab plant 184.JPG

Deathcamas	Various genera in the family Melanthieae have species whose common names include "deathcamas", including Amianthium, Anticlea, Stenanthium, Toxicoscordion and Zigadenus. All parts of these plants are toxic, due to the presence of alkaloids.	-

Delphinium genus	Also known as larkspur. Contains the alkaloid delsoline.	Larkspur.JPG

Dendrocnide moroides	Known also as stinging tree and gympie gympie. Capable of inflicting a painful sting when touched.	Stinging tree.JPG

Dicentra cucullaria	Also known as bleeding heart and Dutchman's breeches. Leaves and roots are poisonous and cause convulsions and other nervous symptoms.	Dicentra cucullaria.JPG

Dichapetalum cymosum	Also known as gifblaar. Well known as a livestock poison in South Africa, this plant contains the metabolic poison fluoroacetic acid.

Dieffenbachia genus	Commonly known as dumbcane. All parts are poisonous; the culprits are needle-shaped crystals of calcium oxalate called raphides, which can cause intense burning, reddening of the skin, irritation, and immobility of the tongue, mouth, and throat if ingested.	-

Digitalis purpurea	Commonly known as foxglove. The leaves, seeds, and flowers are poisonous, containing cardiac or other steroid glycosides.	Digitalis purpurea (Żywiec, VII 2006).JPG

Dioscorea communis	Also known as black bryony. All components of the plant, including the tubers, are poisonous due to saponin content, therefore it is not typically used internally.	-

Duranta erecta	Common names include golden dewdrop, pigeon berry, and skyflower. The leaves and berries of the plant are toxic and are confirmed to have killed children, dogs and cats.	-

Erysimum cheiri	Also known as wallflower. It contains constituents that may affect the heart.	-

Euonymus europaeus	Commonly known as spindle, European spindle or spindle tree. The fruit is poisonous, containing amongst other substances, the alkaloids theobromine and caffeine, as well as an extremely bitter terpene.	Gewöhnlicher Spindelstrauch (Euonymus europaeus) IMG 7940.JPG

Euphorbia pulcherrima	Known as poinsettia. Its latex can cause an allergic reaction in sensitive individuals.	-

Excoecaria agallocha	Commonly known as milky mangrove, blind-your-eye mangrove and river poison tree. Contact with latex can cause skin irritation and blistering; eye contact can cause temporary blindness.	-

Galanthus nivalis	Known as snowdrop. The plant contains an active lectin or agglutinin named GNA for Galanthus nivalis agglutinin, which is toxic.	Galanthus nivalis 2202.JPG

Gelsemium sempervirens	Commonly known as yellow jessamine. All parts are poisonous, causing nausea and vomiting.	-

Gloriosa superba	Common names include flame lily, climbing lily, gloriosa lily, and fire lily. The plant is poisonous, toxic enough to cause human and animal fatalities if ingested.	-

Grevillea sp.	Commonly known as silky oak and spiderflower. A few species such as Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon', G.	-

Hedera helix	Also known as common ivy. The leaves and berries are poisonous, causing stomach pains, labored breathing, and possible coma.	-

Heliotropium indicum	Commonly known as Indian heliotrope. It contains tumorigenic pyrrolizidine alkaloids.	-

Helleborus niger	Also known as Christmas rose. Contains protoanemonin, or ranunculin, which has an acrid taste and can cause burning of the eyes, mouth and throat, oral ulceration, gastroenteritis and hematemesis.	Helleborus niger Ende Februar.JPG

Heracleum mantegazzianum	Also known as giant hogweed. The sap is phototoxic, causing phytophotodermatitis (severe skin inflammations) when affected skin is exposed to sunlight or to UV rays.	-

Heracleum sosnowskyi	Commonly known as Sosnowsky's Hogweed. Plant has toxic sap and causes skin inflammation on contact.	-

Hippomane mancinella	Commonly known as manchineel. All parts of this tree, including the fruit, contain toxic phorbol esters typical of the Euphorbiaceae plant family.	-

Hyacinthus orientalis	Commonly known as hyacinth. The bulbs are poisonous, causing nausea, vomiting, gasping, convulsions, and possibly death.

Hydrangea genus	Known commonly as hydrangea or hortensia. Hydrangeas are moderately toxic if eaten, with all parts of the plant containing cyanogenic glycosides.	Hydrangea MacrophyllaTaube.JPG

Hyoscyamus niger	Commonly known as henbane. Seeds and foliage contain hyoscyamine, scopolamine and other tropane alkaloids.	-

Ilex aquifolium	Commonly known as European holly. The berries cause gastroenteritis, resulting in nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.	-

Iris sibirica	Also known as Siberian iris or Siberian flag. Most parts of the plant are poisonous (rhizome and leaves), if mistakenly ingested can cause stomach pains and vomiting.	Iris sibirica in natural monument Novoveska draha in 2011 (18).JPG

Jacobaea vulgaris	Commonly known as ragwort. Contains many different alkaloids, including jacobine, jaconine, jacozine, otosenine, retrorsine, seneciphylline, senecionine, and senkirkine.	-

Kalanchoe delagoensis	Commonly known as mother of millions. Contains bufadienolide cardiac glycosides which can cause cardiac poisoning, particularly in grazing animals.	Kalanchoe delagoensis03.JPG

Kalmia latifolia	Commonly known as mountain laurel. Contains andromedotoxin and arbutin.	-

Laburnum genus	Known as golden chain. All parts of the plant and especially the seeds are poisonous and can be lethal if consumed in excess.	-

Lamprocapnos spectabilis	Known commonly as bleeding heart. Contact with the plant can cause skin irritation in some people from isoquinoline-like alkaloids.	Tränendes Herz 5284.JPG

Lantana camara	Also known as big-sage, wild-sage, and tickberry. The toxicity of L.	-

Ligustrum genus	Several species, commonly known as privet. Berries and leaves are poisonous.	-

Lilium genus	Commonly known as lily. Most have an unidentified water-soluble toxin found in all parts of the plant.	-

Lolium temulentum	Commonly called darnel or poison ryegrass. The seeds and seed heads of this common garden weed may contain the alkaloids temuline and loliine.

Lupinus	Commonly known as lupin or lupine. Some varieties have edible seeds.	Люпины.JPG

Mandragora officinarum	Commonly called mandrake.	Mandragora autumnalis1432.JPG

Melia azedarach	Know commonly as Chinaberry tree, Cape lilac, and syringa berrytree. Fruits are poisonous to humans if eaten in quantity.	-

Melianthus major	Also called honeybush. All parts of the plant are toxic.	-

Menispermum genus	Commonly known as moonseed. The fruits and seeds are poisonous, causing nausea and vomiting; often fatal.

Mentha pulegium	Known commonly as pennyroyal or pennyrile. It is toxic to humans and has differing effects dependent on the volume and concentration ingested.	-

Narcissus genus	Various species and garden cultivars commonly known as daffodil. The bulbs are poisonous and cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea; can be fatal.	-

Nerium oleander	Commonly known as oleander. All parts are toxic, the leaves and woody stems in particular.	-

Nicandra physalodes	Also known as apple-of-Peru and shoo-fly plant. The whole plant is said to be toxic (according to some sources, very toxic) and to be used medicinally as a diuretic, sedative and cough medicine.	Nicandra physalodes blackspots leaf and flower.JPG

Nicotiana glauca	Known commonly as tree tobacco. It contains the toxic alkaloid anabasine. Ingestion of the leaves can be fatal.	-

Oenanthe crocata	Commonly known as hemlock water dropwort. Contains oenanthotoxin.	-

Paris quadrifolia	Commonly known as herb-paris. Each plant only produces one blueberry-like berry, which is poisonous, as are other tissues of the plant.	-

Passiflora caerulea	Also known as the blue passion flower or the common passion flower. The leaves contain cyanogenic glycoside, which breaks down into cyanide.	-

Peucedanum galbanum	Commonly known as blister bush. All parts are poisonous, and contact causes painful blistering that is intensified with exposure to sunlight.	Peucedanum galbanum Blister bush Table mt (1).JPG

Phoradendron genus	Commonly known as American mistletoe; see also the related genus Viscum). Mistletoe is a common hemiparasite of trees and shrubs.	-

Physostigma venenosum	Commonly known as calabar bean and also as ordeal beans due to their former use in trials by ordeal). The toxin in the seeds is the parasympathomimetic alkaloid physostigmine, a reversible cholinesterase inhibitor.

Phytolacca genus	Commonly known as pokeweed. Leaves, berries and roots contain phytolaccatoxin and phytolaccigenin.	-

Phytolacca americana	Known commonly as pokeweed. All parts of the plant are toxic and pose risks to human and mammalian health.	-

Pieris japonica	Also known as Japanese pieris. The plant is poisonous if consumed by people or animals.	-

Plumeria genus	Commonly known as frangipani. Contact with the milky latex may irritate eyes and skin.	-

Podophyllum peltatum	Commonly known as mayapple. Green portions of the plant, unripe fruit, and especially the rhizome contain the non-alkaloid toxin podophyllotoxin, which causes diarrhea and severe digestive upset.	-

Prunus laurocerasus	Also known as cherry laurel, common laurel, and sometimes English laurel. Leaves, fruit and seed may cause severe discomfort to humans if ingested.	-

Prunus padus	Known as bird cherry, hackberry, or Mayday tree. The glycosides prulaurasin and amygdalin, which can be poisonous, are present in some parts of P.	-

Pteridium aquilinum	Commonly known as bracken. Carcinogenic to humans and animals such as mice, rats, horses and cattle when ingested.	-

Pulsatilla cernua	Common names include pasque flower, wind flower, prairie crocus, meadow anemone. It is highly toxic, and produces cardiogenic toxins and oxytoxins which slow the heart in humans.	Pulsatilla cernua 1.JPG

Quercus genus	Several species, commonly known as oak. The leaves and acorns of oak species are poisonous in large amounts to humans and livestock, including cattle, horses, sheep and goats, but not pigs.	-

Rhamnus cathartica	Commonly called buckthorn. The seeds and leaves are mildly poisonous for people and animals, but are readily eaten by birds.	-

Rhododendron genus	Several species including those known as azalea. All parts are poisonous and cause nausea, vomiting, depression, breathing difficulties, and coma, though it is rarely fatal.	0 Rhododendron - Celles (Hainaut) 3.JPG

Rhododendron ferrugineum	Commonly called alpenrose, snow-rose or rusty-leaved alpenrose. It is moderately toxic, containing arbutin, arecoline and rhodoxanthin, and can cause vomiting, and difficulties of the digestive, nervous, respiratory and circulatory systems.	RHODODENDRON FERRUGINEUM - CADINELL - IB-801 (Neret).JPG

Rhododendron luteum	Also known as yellow azalea or honeysuckle azalea. Despite the sweet perfume of the flowers, the nectar is toxic, containing grayanotoxin; records of poisoning of people eating the honey date back to the 4th century BC in Classical Greece.	-

Rhododendron tomentosum	Commonly known as marsh Labrador tea or wild rosemary. All parts of the plant contain poisonous terpenes that affect the central nervous system.	-

Rhus genus	Certain species commonly known as African sumac. Formerly grouped with poison ivy and the rest of the Toxicodendron genus, all parts of this tree contain low levels of a highly irritating oil with urushiol.

Ricinus communis	Commonly known as castor oil plant, castor bean and Palma Christi. The seeds contain ricin, an extremely toxic and water-soluble ribosome-inactivating protein; it is also present in lower concentrations in other parts of the plant.	-

Robinia genus	Also known as black locust and false acacia. All species produce toxic lectins.	Gewöhnliche Robinie.JPG

Sambucus genus	Commonly known as elder or elderberry. The roots, twigs, leaves, and unripe fruit are considered poisonous and cause nausea and digestive upset.	-

Sanguinaria canadensis	Commonly known as bloodroot. The rhizome contains morphine-like benzylisoquinoline alkaloids, primarily the toxin sanguinarine.	-

Scopolia carniolica	Known as European scopolia or henbane bell. Its toxicity derives from its high levels of tropane alkaloids, particularly atropine.	Scopolia carniolica 2016-04-19 7981b.JPG

Solanum dulcamara	Commonly known as bittersweet nightshade. All parts are poisonous, containing solanine and causing fatigue, paralysis, convulsions, and diarrhea. Rarely fatal.	-

Solanum nigrum	Commonly known as black nightshade. All parts of the plant except the ripe fruit contain the toxic glycoalkaloid solanine.	-

Solanum pseudocapsicum	Commonly known as Jerusalem cherry, Madeira winter cherry and winter cherry. All parts, especially the berries, are poisonous, causing nausea and vomiting.	-

Sophora secundiflora	Commonly known as mescal bean and Texas mountain laurel.	-

Strophanthus gratus	The ripe seeds of this African plant contain ouabain, a potent cardiac glycoside that, when sufficiently concentrated, can induce cardiac arrest by binding to and inhibiting the action of the sodium-potassium pump and thereby drastically slowing the contraction of cardiac muscle cells.	Strophanthus gratus1.JPG

Strychnos nux-vomica	Commonly known as the strychnine tree. The seeds usually contain about 1.5% strychnine, an extremely bitter and deadly alkaloid.	-

Taxus baccata	Commonly known as English yew, common yew and graveyard tree. Nearly all parts contain toxic taxanes (except the red, fleshy, and slightly sweet aril surrounding the toxic seeds).	-

Toxicodendron genus	Several species, including Toxicodendron radicans commonly known as poison ivy, Toxicodendron diversilobum commonly known as poison-oak, and Toxicodendron vernix commonly known as poison sumac.	-

Urtica ferox	Commonly known as ongaonga. Even the lightest touch can result in a painful sting that lasts several days.	-

Veratrum genus	Commonly known as false hellebore and corn lily. Several species, containing highly toxic steroidal alkaloids (e.g.	-

Vernicia fordii	Known as the tung tree. It is poisonous in all of its parts, including the fruit and the seeds, although some parts of the tree have been used for medicinal purposes in the past.	-

Viscum genus	Commonly known as European mistletoe; see also the related genus Phoradendron). Mistletoe is a common hemiparasite of trees and shrubs.	-

Voacanga africana	The bark and seeds of this tropical tree contain a complex mixture of iboga alkaloids, including voacangine and voacamine. These compounds have been variously used as stimulants, psychedelic drugs, and poisons.

Wisteria sinensis	Also known as Chinese wisteria. All parts of the plant contain a glycoside called wisterin which is toxic if ingested and may cause nausea, vomiting, stomach pains, and diarrhea.	-

Xanthium genus	Several species commonly known as cocklebur. The common cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium), a native of North America, can be poisonous to livestock, including horses, cattle, and sheep.	-

Zantedeschia aethiopica	Known as calla lily or arum lily. All parts of the plant are toxic, containing calcium oxalate, which induces irritation and swelling of the mouth and throat, acute vomiting and diarrhea.	Funchal - Zantedeschia aethiopica IMG 1904.JPG

Zigadenus glaberrimus	Commonly known as death camas. All parts of Z.

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All parts of Robinia produce toxic lectins.

final_sentence: All parts of Robinia produce toxic lectins.