10 Dangerous Plants that Can Kill you
It is has been observed through the course of history that different species tend to destroy each other. Only those species survive which have the tendency to defend themselves from the predators. There following the similar rule, nature has granted ability to some plants to defend themselves, either by having thorns or having poison to kill any living creature that intend harm to them. Poisonous plants are very rare to find but certain regions, especially tropical forests are filled with such plants which can kill humans and animals alike. The intensity and strength of poison varies in different dangerous plants.
Instructions
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White Snake Root
Also named as white sanicle, has a carcinogenic poison within it and it can be extremely lethal to humans and animals alike. The strength of its poison can be determined by the fact that is you eat the meat of a cow which has consumed this plant, you can fall seriously ill and even die at worse!
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European Yew
European Yew can be found mostly in Europe, Africa and parts of Asia as well. Only 50g of this plant is sufficient to kill a healthy adult person. Taxanes is the active ingredient in this plant which causes convulsion, muscles tremors and cardiac arrest.
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Belladonna
Belladonna consists of tropical alkaloids which have severe cannibalistic effects. The entire plant is poisonous, including its sweet berries and green leaves. Eating 10 to 12 berries can kill a person, whilst a single leaf of belladonna is sufficient to take a human life.
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Doll’s Eye
This plant has flowers which appear just like eye, having a round white sphere and black stigma on the top to denote the retina of a human eye. The entire plant is poisonous but the concentration is more in its fruits.
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Rosary Pea
A single seed of this plant is more than enough to kill a person. Rosary Pea contains Arbin, a poison very similar to ricin but 75 times powerful!
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Oleander
Oleander consists of more than one poisonous chemical within it and hence, is considered to one of the deadliest plants on earth. Glycosides, olleandrin and neriine are some of the lethal substances found in this plant.
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Water Hemlock
This white or green coloured plant is mostly found in the northern hemisphere and is rated as the most poisonous plant in North America. It will take merely few hours to choke a person to his/her death.
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Suicide Tree
This plant belongs to the family of oleander and contains cerberin, a chemical which results in disturbing the circulation of calcium ion to heart muscles and eventually causing death of a person.
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Conium
6 to 8 beams of conium were found sufficient to kill a healthy person and the same outcome can happen by eating a single leaf of it.
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Castor Plant
You might have eaten food cooked in castor oil but you must never eat the beam of this plant, as it contains ricin, a very strong poison, and merely 1 to 4 seed can kill a person comprehensively.
