![]() Even after eating one or two they can cause breathing difficulties, convulsions, hallucinations and coma. ![]() Intense digestive disturbance and nervous symptoms. The symptoms usually appear about an hour or two after eating and may continue for several hours.īelladonna/ Deadly Nightshade, Atropa bella-donnaĪll parts, especially the unripened berryįatal. If only a few seeds or nuts have been eaten soreness of the mouth and throat may occur, but larger quantities such as fifty or more vomiting, diarrhoea, headache, dizziness and even fainting have been reported. In Autumn dark brown scaly husks fall to the ground, they contain triangular seeds known as Beech nuts. The leaves are light green in Spring, maturing to a darker shade in late Summer. There are several varieties including Copper Beech. This tree can grow up to 40 Metres (130ft) high. These vegetables should not be eaten RAW, Severe indigestion, Always cook your beans, Certain types can be fatal Produces nausea and vomiting, depression, difficult breathing, prostration and coma. Ingestion of the plant in mistake for wild garlic has caused deaths.įatal. ![]() The effects have been described as very similar to cholera leading to a slow, agonising death but consciousness remains to the end. Muscular weakness and ascending paralysis cause respiratory arrest. Initial gastrointestinal symptoms during the first 24 hours are followed by more severe effects including convulsions, cardiovascular collapse, multi-organ failure and blood clots forming in many places around the body. In the same family as deadly nightshade, the fruit of this plant must never be eaten raw. They contain ARSENICīurning in the mouth and throat, stomach pain and vomiting. The seeds from the apple are very poisonous.
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