Small and dangerous: Check out 5 plants that can be risky

Ah, the nature! Nothing more innocent and harmless than a plant, right? Wrong, very wrong. It is true that the vast majority of plants do not cause damage, but there are species that can generate many types of problems. Want to meet some of them? Check out:

1. Alamanda ( Allamanda cathartica L. )

You have probably seen the yellow flowers of this plant when walking on the street, right? The yellow of the flowers is beautiful, but it is good to keep away from the leaves of this vine. Ingesting both leaves and flowers can cause such severe bowel problems as diarrhea and vomiting that they can even kill.

2. Abundance ( Ageratin adenophora )

This nice branch with different flowers is very poisonous. The abundance, native to North America, contains dangerous white flowers: when they bloom, small toxic seeds are scattered in the wind. The seeds contain tremetol, a very toxic substance to humans that is known to cause damage indirectly. But how does this happen? When cattle eat the plant, the toxin goes into meat and milk. If we eat these infected foods, the toxin goes into the body and eventually becomes the "milk disease", which is fatal.

3. Hemlock ( Conium maculatum L. )

Here we have other nice and apparently harmless flowers. But wrong again: the poisonous properties of this plant have been used for millennia since the time of ancient Greece. There, the hemlock poison led to the death of both political prisoners and the great philosopher Socrates. Hemlock venom attacks the central nervous system, causing seizures that lead the victim to death.

4. Castor bean ( Ricinus communis L. )

This plant has its roots in Asia and later spread to the rest of the world. But it is not at all bad, since castor oil is extracted from castor oil and used in both varnish manufacturing and biodiesel production. But don't be too excited, because the problem with this plant is in the seeds, which have ricin. This toxin causes blood to clot and, depending on how much is ingested, can lead to death.

5. Calla Lily ( Zantedeschia aethiopica )

No, not even this ornamental plant has escaped. Chances are you've seen a glass of milk when walking in a garden, but you certainly haven't thought about the dangers it brings. The cup of milk, although it has beautiful flowers, has toxins throughout. Calcium oxalate, the substance that is present in the entire plant, can cause tongue swelling, vomiting and asphyxiation if swallowed. Contact with eyes may cause corneal problems.