ID on this shrub please?
A friend's bunnies have been scoffing it, and I have no idea if it may
be dangerous either acutely or cumulatively! http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...0_11140001.jpg Please help :) |
ID on this shrub please?
On Mar 22, 9:08*pm, Sacha wrote:
Thanks Sacha.... I knew you would help! Is it Photonia, or Photinia? The latter I gather is Rosacea, in which case it may not be a bunny threat as most Rosacea are fine. |
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Wikipedia suggests that Photinias are poisonous to grazing animals. Google only knows of Photonia as a misprint for Photinia. Photinia is Rosaceae, so that just shows that not all Rosaceae are non-toxic. Another well-known rosid with toxic leaves is "cherry laurel", ie Prunus laurocerasus. |
ID on this shrub please?
In message , echinosum
writes 'Sacha[_4_ Wrote: ;881091']On 2010-03-22 21:44:58 +0000, EastneyEnder said: - On Mar 22, 9:08*pm, Sacha wrote: By the way Sacha - what is its common name? Many lists of plants poisonous to rabbits don't specify the latin name. Is it Christmas berry? Many thanks xxxx- I don't have any list of plants poisonous to rabbits but do you mean what is the common name of Photinia? No idea, I'm afraid. I've only ever known it as Photinia but then I don't keep rabbits! "Christmas berry" is a name used for some types of Photinia. "Red Robin" is a commonly used name for a some particular forms of Photinia x fraseri. Wikipedia suggests that Photinias are poisonous to grazing animals. Google only knows of Photonia as a misprint for Photinia. Photinia is Rosaceae, so that just shows that not all Rosaceae are non-toxic. Another well-known rosid with toxic leaves is "cherry laurel", ie Prunus laurocerasus. Cyanogenic glycosides are reasonably common in Rosaceae, especially in the Pruneae (Prunoideae) and Pyreae (Maloideae). In cherry laurel the active compound is prulaurasin, in bitter almonds it is amygdalin, and in Photinia it is prunasin (presumably found in some other species of Prunus). Photinia also contains aucuparins (a class of compounds first isolated from rowan), but these seem to be anti-fungal compounds, and I'm not finding any documentation of toxicity in animals. On the other hand I wouldn't assume that they're innocuous. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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