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

On 3 Dec 2006 12:20:07 -0800, "luke" wrote:

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

Who are you going to poison?

And by 'plant' do you mean seed, or the plant itself? (Not that I know
the answer to either).




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Chris

E-mail: christopher[dot]hogg[at]virgin[dot]net

In article ,
Chris Hogg writes:
| On 3 Dec 2006 12:20:07 -0800, "luke" wrote:
|
| 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
|
| Who are you going to poison?
|
| And by 'plant' do you mean seed, or the plant itself? (Not that I know
| the answer to either).

And to what, and how is it administered, and ....

It is not a meaningful question, but the answer is not Atropa belladonna,
almost irrespective of the answers to any of my questions.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

And why would you want to know, Vladimir/Mohammed?

--
I smile and go off waving
(Amiably) - for that's my way

Baal

"luke" wrote in message
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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




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On 3/12/06 20:20, in article
, "luke"
wrote:

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

Almost certainly Ricinus, the castor bean, the castor oil plant. But when
we were in Kauai, Hawaii, we toured a garden and there was one area where
nobody was allowed off the bus because ALL the surrounding plants were
highly toxic and part of a research project, IIRC.


--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

"luke" wrote in message
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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.

Duncan

"luke" wrote in message
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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

And just to confuse you even more...................
http://library.thinkquest.org/C007974/

Jenny

Following up to "Duncan" :

and monkshood (but I'm still here despite my parents having a garden full of
this).

Well, you have to eat it first, before you die. :-)
That didn't stop an asian(japanese?) tourist a couple of years ago from
nibbling a leaf or two in Austria. He never left.
--
Tim C.

"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
Chris Hogg writes:
| On 3 Dec 2006 12:20:07 -0800, "luke" wrote:
|
| 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
|
| Who are you going to poison?
|
| And by 'plant' do you mean seed, or the plant itself? (Not that I know
| the answer to either).

And to what, and how is it administered, and ....

It is not a meaningful question, but the answer is not Atropa belladonna,
almost irrespective of the answers to any of my questions.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

How about Strychnos toxifera better known as Curare, (although I suspect it
was not a serious question!)
--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea

In article ,
"Charlie Pridham" writes:
|
| How about Strychnos toxifera better known as Curare, (although I suspect it
| was not a serious question!)

Or Gloriosa or ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

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


"luke" wrote in message
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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 didn't think anyone had died of
accidental plant poisoning (according to the RHS) for a very long time.
That said, we no longer sell rue because of the number of people who suffer
skin reactions to it.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/

JennyC wrote:
"luke" wrote in message
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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

And just to confuse you even more...................
http://library.thinkquest.org/C007974/

Jenny



Called Belladona because Roman woman used to rub it on their eyes to
enlarge their pupils as large pupils were to the Roman what skinny
bodies are to us . ;-)

"Roger" wrote in message
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On 3 Dec 2006 12:20:07 -0800, "luke" wrote:

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

It's in Sellafield in Cumbria. Used to be called Windscale.

Well if we are going to use that meaning of plant, then I beleive Chernobyl
has it beat hands down. Used to be called, "OMFG? why has the reactor
turned purple!"
--
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117. Never play strip Tarot.
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
...

In article ,
"Charlie Pridham" writes:
|
| How about Strychnos toxifera better known as Curare, (although I
suspect it
| was not a serious question!)

Or Gloriosa or ....


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

Indeed and most of the usual suspects are only toxic if you are daft enough
to eat them!

--
Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea

"luke" wrote
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

I would have thought some of the Fungi would be the most poisonous plants in
the world but it depends on your criteria, are you asking for the quickest,
the most certain, the nastiest......
The "Destroying Angel" or "Deaths Cap" toadstool will kill you slowly and
painfully over about a week as your vital organs close down, and there is
not much chance of survival after the symptoms show which is some
considerable time after eating them.

See http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~mow/chap40.html and Amatoxins half way down.

--
Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK