This is a list of plants containing poisonous parts that pose a serious risk of illness, injury, or death to humans.
Poisonous food plants
Poisonous garden plants
- Privet (Ligustrum sp.) Possibly fatal to humans, berries contain ligustrin and syringin
- Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) Fatal to humans, contain cardiac or steroid glycosides
- Lilies Most are poisonous, especially to cats
- Yew (Taxus baccata, the "English yew") All parts of the plant, except for the fleshy red bit of the fruit, contain poisons
- Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) All parts of the plant contain the toxic alkaloid atropine
- Oleander (Nerium oleander) All parts are toxic, containing nerioside, oleandroside, saponins, cardiac glycosides, but especially the leaves and woody stems
- Castor oil plant (Ricinus communis) Oil is purgative; seed meal separate from oil is source of the deadly toxic protein, Ricin
- Aconite (wolfsbane, monkshood) (Aconitum napellus) The poison is concentrated in the unripe seed pods and roots
- Delphinium Contains the alkaloid Delsoline
Poisonous ornamental plants
Notes
- Poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) Notable for not being poisonous, despite persistent beliefs to the contrary
Poisonous wild plants
See also
Toxicology | Lists of plants | Poisonous plants | Plants
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