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The Manchineel (Hippomane mancinella), infamously known throughout the Spanish-speaking Americas as the manzanilla de la muerte (‘little apple of death’) or poison guava, is a toxic coastal flowering tree belonging to the spurge family Euphorbiaceae....
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The Autumn Crocus (Colchicum autumnale), affectionately and historically known as meadow saffron, naked ladies, or mystical son-before-the-father, is an extraordinary, highly toxic perennial bulbous geophyte belonging to the family Colchicaceae. Despite its deceptive...
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The Rosary Pea (Abrus precatorius), also globally renowned as jequirity bean, crab’s eye, prayer bead, or Buddhist rosary bead, is a prolific, slender perennial climbing woody vine belonging to the legume family Fabaceae. Indigenous to tropical Asia and northern...
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Black Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), historically known as stinking nightshade, henbell, or Jupiter’s bean, is an infamous, highly toxic annual or biennial herbaceous plant belonging to the family Solanaceae. Indigenous to the Mediterranean basin, temperate Europe,...
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Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii), also celebrated across the American Southwest as Western Jimsonweed, Moonflower, or the sacred toloache, is a magnificent, highly toxic perennial nightshade native to the Sonoran, Mojave, and Chihuahuan deserts. Renowned for its...
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The Mandrake (Mandragora officinarum) is arguably the most famous, mythologized, and historically feared botanical organism in human civilization. Belonging to the nightshade family, Solanaceae, this perennial Mediterranean herb is celebrated for its colossal, forked,...
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Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum) is one of the most historically notorious and biochemically lethal plants in human civilization. Belonging to the carrot or parsley family, Apiaceae, this towering, biennial herb is forever immortalized in history as the state poison...
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Monkshood (Aconitum napellus), historically feared and revered as Wolfsbane, Blue Rocket, or the ‘Queen of Poisons,’ is a magnificent yet extraordinarily deadly herbaceous perennial belonging to the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. Native to the damp...
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Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), also widely known as thorn apple, devil’s snare, or sacred datura, is a notoriously toxic and culturally historic annual weed in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. Renowned throughout medical history, criminal lore, and ancient...
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Angel’s Trumpet (Brugmansia suaveolens) is a breathtakingly beautiful yet notoriously lethal woody shrub belonging to the nightshade family, Solanaceae. Celebrated for its colossal, pendulous trumpet-shaped blossoms that exude an intoxicating, sweet fragrance at...
