page_title: Thymelaeaceae
section_title: Toxicity and medicinal uses
hierarchical_section_title: Thymelaeaceae / Toxicity and medicinal uses
caption_attribution_description: English: Daphne mezereum, Thymelaeaceae, Mezereon, fruits. The bark is used in homeopathy as remedy: Mezereum (Mez.) Deutsch: Daphne mezereum, Thymelaeaceae, Echter Seidelbast, Kellerhals, Früchte. Die Rinde wird in der Homöopathie als Arzneimittel verwendet: Mezereum (Mez.)
context_page_description: The Thymelaeaceae are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants composed of 50 genera and 898 species. It was established in 1789 by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu. The Thymelaeaceae are mostly trees and shrubs, with a few vines and herbaceous plants.
context_section_description: Many of the species (e.g. Wikstroemia indica and Stellera chamaejasme) have actual or potential uses in medicine and are poisonous if eaten, acting as violent purges (e.g. Daphne mezereum), this toxicity often being related to the plants' containing phorbol esters which, as the name suggests, are also common in the spurge family Euphorbiaceae.
caption: The attractive, but deadly, fruits of Daphne mezereum.
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