Toxic Bonsai (and not just your bank account)

[hemmy]

I found this informative and entertaining. Entertaining for the crazy comprehensive list of trees. There are currently 4 parts.

Be afraid, be very afraid!

https://taigabonzai.com/2017/02/11/toxic-bonsai/

 

[vaibatron]

Most of this is utter horse shit. Really upset I decided to read past the first page.

 

[michaelj]

Glad I never eat my bonsai, or even their fruit, since obviously I might get sick, die, or worse, smell of elderberry.

 

[milehigh_7]

Here's one that I do love but It's rather dangerous. These are pics from mine when I had my plants in a yard separate from my dogs. "Yesterday, Today and Tomorow" Brunfelsia pauciflora 'Floribunda' It's one of the nightshade family and which has these three toxins.


– Brunfelsamidine which excites the nervous system and can cause seizures and death.
– Hopeanine, a nerve depressant that may contribute to paralysis or weakness, and
– Scopoletin and gelseminic acid relax the arteries and drop the blood pressure and heart rate.

 

[milehigh_7]

Also, many of the desert native prunus are quite high in cyanide and yes can be dangerous.

 

[milehigh_7]

Oh don't forget castor bean... that's how you make ricin.

 

[miker]

Prunus serotina, though not a desert dweller, is also high in cyanogenic glycosides, which upon reaching the upper digestive tract, are hydolysed into hydrogen cyanide.

 

[Steve Kudela]

Here's one that I do love but It's rather dangerous. These are pics from mine when I had my plants in a yard separate from my dogs. "Yesterday, Today and Tomorow" Brunfelsia pauciflora 'Floribunda' It's one of the nightshade family and which has these three toxins.


– Brunfelsamidine which excites the nervous system and can cause seizures and death.
– Hopeanine, a nerve depressant that may contribute to paralysis or weakness, and
– Scopoletin and gelseminic acid relax the arteries and drop the blood pressure and heart rate.

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I did not know that, interesting. We've had one for several years. Thanks