On 01/03/2014 21:31, bert wrote:
Just to prove Sainsburys wrong.

On the label of a bunch of their daffodils it says
"Do Not Eat".

You can eat them but it is certainly not advisable. They do contain a
reasonably potent toxic alkaloid called lycorin. I don't think it is
quite as deadly as some of its neighbours in this online guide.

http://www.emsb.qc.ca/laurenhill/sci...ic_plants4.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycorine

It is mainly a problem if you mistake daffodil bulbs for onions.

Quite a few members of Amaryllidaceae express the same toxin to a
greater or lesser extent.

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Regards,
Martin Brown