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K · 04-12-2006, 09:45 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

Sacha writes
On 4/12/06 00:06, in article ,
"Duncan" wrote:

"luke" wrote in message
ups.com...
i have been doing research into poisonous plants and i have hit a stone

what is the MOST toxic plant in the world. some websites say it is the
castor bean some say it is the roseary pea but some people say it
deadly nightshade(atropa belladona) i just dont know

Castor bean seems a good candidate, but some other nasties include Oleander
(said to be able to kill if twigs are used as barbecue skewers) and
monkshood (but I'm still here despite my parents having a garden full of
this).

Alnwick garden have a good poisonous plants collection, and apparently
someone was hospitalised after just sniffing the henbane.

but Nicotiana probably kills more than all the other poisonous plants put
together.

Have there been any reported cases in UK?

I presume he's referring to deaths from the cured dried leaves.

What exactly is meant by 'the most toxic'? The one which has killed the
most? The one with the highest concentration of the poisonous substance?
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Kay