On 15 Feb 2004 04:31:58 -0800, (Rebecca Lovelace) opined:

People put poisonous plants in their compost piles all the time, they
just
don't realize it.
Oh, like potato fruit?

Thanks, all. I don't usually have pointsettias so I wasn't sure how
toxic they were, only that you need to be careful if you have
plant-eating pets.
Rebecca

Actually, poinsettia (not poinTsettia) is listed as poisonous because its sap
can give you a rash. I don't know that eating it will kill anyone. The list of
plants on the poison list can be anything from a mild rash causing sap to deadly
castor beans.