9 Poisonous Plants You Might Own

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  • Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
  • Plants can be beautiful, provide oxygen and improve your mental health, but some of your favorite houseplants might actually be super toxic. Join Stefan Chin for a new episode of SciShow, and learn about the potential dangers that might be hiding in your plants!
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Комментарии • 672

  • @Love_Lei_Xo
    @Love_Lei_Xo 6 лет назад +172

    My brother got me to eat some leafs off of one of my moms house plants when I was 4. My tongue swelled, closing up my airway. Luckily we lived about 5 minutes drive time to the hospital.
    Needless too say, I never trusted my brother from there on out.

    • @penguin_reader_yt9510
      @penguin_reader_yt9510 2 года назад +4

      Neither would I...

    • @mollysimmons2960
      @mollysimmons2960 Год назад +3

      That’s a universal rule…

    • @Truologye
      @Truologye Месяц назад

      Wow that is so scary and sad I'm sorry. You are better off learning who to trust as early as possible. So glad you survived!

  • @Master_Therion
    @Master_Therion 6 лет назад +264

    This is great information! Thanks. I feel like I just graduated from a Poison Ivy League school.

  • @TommoCarroll
    @TommoCarroll 6 лет назад +313

    Ah yes. Give a man a plant leaf salad, feed him for a day. Give a man a *poison* plant leaf salad, feed him for a lifetime. 🌿🤔😐
    So really we should all grow poison plants....right? Right!?

    • @thomascaza
      @thomascaza 6 лет назад +5

      Aspect Science 🤣

    • @taki1255
      @taki1255 6 лет назад +3

      Oh my goodness no 😂😂😂

    • @TommoCarroll
      @TommoCarroll 6 лет назад +1

      Takiyah Walker oh my goodness yes!

    • @taki1255
      @taki1255 6 лет назад +2

      Aspect Science - **facephone* 😆

    • @FusionDeveloper
      @FusionDeveloper 6 лет назад +1

      "I don't know how people eat this stuff. It's leaves all the way down."
      "give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. but teach a man to feed a fish and round and round we go."
      Quotes from Hank from Corner Gas.

  • @icoele
    @icoele 6 лет назад +66

    "Never eat mystery road honey" is one of my new favorite quotes

    • @NutmegBGB
      @NutmegBGB 3 года назад +2

      Truly a modern-day Socrates

    • @penguin_reader_yt9510
      @penguin_reader_yt9510 2 года назад +3

      Yes. Also, wanna start a band? My name idea is Mad Honey :P

  • @that1valentian769
    @that1valentian769 6 лет назад +262

    Kudos for the Kurzgesagt shirt.

    • @IamGDuBs
      @IamGDuBs 6 лет назад +1

      I was gonna comment the same thing :D

  • @ThisOldSkater
    @ThisOldSkater 6 лет назад +79

    A video about very toxic plants that look like food would be interesting.

  • @aikiemarais6676
    @aikiemarais6676 Год назад +39

    A while back my daughter and her kids visited us and my daughter realized that my granddaughter's pupils are differently dilated. She immediately phoned her doctor to find out what it could be. In the meantime, kids being kids, my grandchild went on with her life. After a while she came in with a flower she picked at home and I immediately identified it as an Angel's Trumpet.
    Whether she ingested the poison through her skin or maybe licked her fingers, that was identified as the culprit.

    • @BabalonNuit
      @BabalonNuit Год назад +5

      She licked her fingers. I guarantee it. Kids get all sorts of things on their hands and of course fail to wash them, and those fingers invariably end up in their mouths. You are just lucky she wasn't picking oleanders! Extremely "sappy" when picked and extremely toxic when ingested. BTW, "angel trumpets" are the big dangling-down flowers from a tree-like plant, and "devil's trumpets" are the ones that grow on plants lower to the ground, with the flowers pointing upwards. They belong to the same family, and are also considered "the world's most hallucinogenic plant".

    • @sharkface2.04
      @sharkface2.04 Год назад +1

      Ya’ can’t leave kids outta’ sight , huh? I’m glad the little girl is ok. I found this video very valuable. I must run it again , as the presenter spoke rapidly, although his enunciation was excellent and able to understand each word .

  • @musclehank6067
    @musclehank6067 6 лет назад +675

    oh yeah, I grow these in my garden to eat so my digestive system and immune system get a nice workout trying to expel poisons

    • @insertdeadmeme
      @insertdeadmeme 6 лет назад +11

      Yep that’s how science works

    • @HTYM
      @HTYM 6 лет назад +10

      Muscle Hank
      Congrats!

    • @carsonrush3352
      @carsonrush3352 6 лет назад +18

      Muscle Hank I like to build up my immunity to iocane powder.

    • @typrus6377
      @typrus6377 6 лет назад +7

      Carson Rush Inconceivable!

    • @KiddBlack
      @KiddBlack 6 лет назад

      Muscle Hank will you be my real dad

  • @seashell1286
    @seashell1286 6 лет назад +389

    The most common house plants are plastic. Don't eat those either.

    • @wertywerty6
      @wertywerty6 6 лет назад +10

      And they are far worse because they can cause hearth disease, cancers, testosterone disfonction, etc.
      Oh wait... And they are everywhere!

    • @melissaabrahams6244
      @melissaabrahams6244 6 лет назад +4

      seashell1286 thanks for the smile

    • @jamesdemetro8819
      @jamesdemetro8819 4 года назад +1

      😝😛😝😍😝😛😀😃😄

    • @Guru_1092
      @Guru_1092 4 года назад +4

      You're not the boss of me! I'll eat as much plastic as I want!

    • @theratsintown1940
      @theratsintown1940 3 года назад

      Wait. Your not actually supposed to eat those!? 😬

  • @sophiejune4515
    @sophiejune4515 4 года назад +24

    I think we grew 3 of these poisonous flowers in our gardens when I was a kid. I didn't know they were poisonous and I never had any interest in eating them. The only flowers I wanted to eat as a kid were roses. So I guess I have good instincts.

  • @eclairlu7586
    @eclairlu7586 6 лет назад +159

    “Moral of the story is: Never eat mysterious road honey” XD XD

    • @jer2689
      @jer2689 4 года назад +5

      The road honey is actually pretty choice

    • @meghanachauhan9380
      @meghanachauhan9380 3 года назад +1

      Land of milk n honey

    • @fatpotato3512
      @fatpotato3512 3 года назад

      @@meghanachauhan9380 wut do u mean

    • @rogerhorky3178
      @rogerhorky3178 2 года назад

      "mystery road honey" would be a good name for a band

    • @melikecomedy
      @melikecomedy 2 года назад

      @@jer2689 yeah I've gotten it and it was great

  • @Palitato
    @Palitato 6 лет назад +38

    I have a health condition that means my heart beats WAY too fast, because my blood vessels don't constrict properly when I stand up... so having something that slowed my heart rate but also made it beat more strongly would be good for me. xD
    SO BROKEN I'M BACKWARDS. Feed me poison and I get all better, lol. xD
    (I'm kidding. Don't feed me poison. I don't want those other side effects...))
    Also if you guys did a show about POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) I would love it. So many people don't understand it and I'd love to be able to point them at a scientific video to explain it all.

    • @andyhaochizhang
      @andyhaochizhang 2 года назад +1

      Iirc oleandrin was used in traditional medicine for things like heart problems. Also according to certain prominent political figure from the US who has ties with oleandrin manufacturers it’s very good for treating covid.

  • @Lovehandels
    @Lovehandels 6 лет назад +25

    I love Lilly of the valley! They are my favorite flowers! I grew up with them and loved to smell them thank goodness I never thought to eat any o.o

  • @pierreabbat6157
    @pierreabbat6157 6 лет назад +20

    "Sago palm" is the name for two plants, unrelated to each other. Metroxylon sagu is a palm; Cycas revoluta is a cycad. The first people I read about who eat sago are the Sawi of lowland New Guinea, where Metroxylon grows.

  • @bramblechaser162
    @bramblechaser162 6 лет назад +14

    Oleanders are one of my favorite flowers of all time. Not only are they very beautiful but honestly what drew me to them was the fact that every part of the plant is poisonous.

    • @amechealle5918
      @amechealle5918 Год назад

      The poison is what drew you to the plant?

    • @BabalonNuit
      @BabalonNuit Год назад

      LOL, I too am fascinated by poisonous plants and have a small collection. If it's poisonous, I want it in my garden! Have you seen the famous English Poison Garden?

  • @lloydus5048
    @lloydus5048 6 лет назад +73

    SciShow + kurzgesagt. This is how we know its real

    • @Funkin_Disher
      @Funkin_Disher 6 лет назад +5

      Hoping they team up at some point

  • @Quithus
    @Quithus 6 лет назад +9

    "Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it."
    "But a kiss can be even deadlier if you mean it."

  • @sydneysvoboda7942
    @sydneysvoboda7942 6 лет назад +40

    Wait so. My dad just bought bees to make our own honey and our yard is FULL of rhododendrons. AM I GOING TO DIE

    • @massimookissed1023
      @massimookissed1023 6 лет назад +16

      Sydney Svoboda , probably.
      Everybody does.

    • @beware_the_moose
      @beware_the_moose 6 лет назад +16

      I doubt it. Bees cover a huge area.
      Also like most factoids, it's only partially true. Only some rhododendrons cause this.
      healthywithhoney.com/what-is-mad-honey-is-it-dangerous-where-can-i-find-it/
      However, it would be a good idea to be cautious.

    • @MichaelSHartman
      @MichaelSHartman 6 лет назад +7

      Check with your county agent or agricultural extension office.

    • @atsukorichards1675
      @atsukorichards1675 3 года назад +3

      Rhododendrons are pretty common plants around houses in Japan, known as Tsutsuji (ツツジ). I used to suck their honey picking flowers from the bushes in front of my house in my younger days. Some of them have poisons, while others don't, I hear. But be careful anyway.

    • @fatpotato3512
      @fatpotato3512 3 года назад +1

      @@atsukorichards1675 mmm... Then I think these plants have a really big area to live. I am from chennai, south India. And I see a lot, I mean a lot of rhododendron every where.

  • @kabuyogi2431
    @kabuyogi2431 3 года назад +19

    Here in Nepal, RHODODENDRON is the national flower and considered medicine too. So we actually eat the rhododendron flowers. I myself have eaten many of them during their flowering season and was completely fine. 🙃

    • @erikm8372
      @erikm8372 Год назад +2

      Oh yeah, isn’t there that trippy Himalayan honey made by the bees that pollinate rhododendrons?? I was reading about this.

    • @jhguyfyt9769
      @jhguyfyt9769 Год назад +2

      In Himachal (India) we too drink rhododendron juice and its also our state flower

    • @axolotl_observer
      @axolotl_observer Год назад

      @@jhguyfyt9769 🤔maybe if you are exposed to in incrementally for a long time - you grow tolerance to the substance

  • @NeonsStyleHD
    @NeonsStyleHD 6 лет назад +6

    Pigs Face is another. It's a small succulent plant with pretty pink flowers. However if you get the sap on you, you will swell up and develop the typical "Pigs Face" of the plant. It takes about a week to get over exposure to this. I was given it as a gift by a friend. Thanks.

  • @catief1031
    @catief1031 6 лет назад +20

    The ASPCA has a list of toxic and non-toxic plants that are commonly encountered. They break it down by cat, dog, and horse. Though there's probably a list of human safe house plants somewhere out there.

    • @BabalonNuit
      @BabalonNuit Год назад

      Easter lilies are 100% toxic to cats, causing kidney failure.

  • @terryenby2304
    @terryenby2304 4 года назад +8

    Hydrangeas tell you the acidity of your soil too :) they grow more purple and pink depending upon the content of their soil (no I don’t know which is which, look it up yourself or something ;) ) some people use this to their advantage and use different types of fertiliser/food to create shrubs that have different shades of flowers. It’s a wonderful effect!!

    • @helenelevesque2974
      @helenelevesque2974 2 месяца назад

      Burying a copper coin under your hydrangea will have them bloom intense blue. I did that to a pink one 40 years ago and it still blooms blue.

  • @ananananabop
    @ananananabop 2 года назад +9

    Plants are amazing. I did not know a lot of these common household plants were so highly toxic. Great video, and clear explanation on what each toxin does.

  • @yungboiuwu6715
    @yungboiuwu6715 6 лет назад +26

    Perfect, now I know what to use in my salad

  • @Lydianos
    @Lydianos 3 года назад +15

    Greetings. Great video. Greek guy here 😊. Dolmades are made from grape leaves. It is a traditional constantinopolian dish coming from the Greeks that lived there. I have never heard about cyclamin leaves in this dish, all Greeks use grape leaves, and I assure you it tastes amazing!

    • @fallensway855
      @fallensway855 Год назад

      And I concur they taste amazing.
      Sadly I am not Greek and can find nowhere to get fresh made (or find grape leaves to make my own) I always have at least 1 tin of dolmades in my cupboard at all times.

    • @mvandenberg364
      @mvandenberg364 Год назад

      ​@@fallensway855You can plant grapes in your garden, only for the leaves.

  • @erikm8372
    @erikm8372 Год назад +8

    Any mention of dumbcane, aka _Dieffenbachia_ should also mention all of its Araceae/aroid siblings, too! Aglaonema (Chinese evergreen), Philodendron, Pothos, Epipremnum, Homalomena, Caladium, Alocasia, Colocasia (taro root plants), Anthurium, Spathiphyllum (peace lily), Zantedeschia (calla “lily”), and many more very popular plants. All can cause dumbcane sort of reactions. Just try eating undercooked taro leaf. I have! Not fun! Like swallowing sand all day long! The taro root is good when cooked and then it’s like a potato. Called _arbi_ in Hindi, as a vegetable.
    But what’s even more toxic, and that I see people promoting on YT as “pet-friendly”? Hoyas… they’re in the milkweed family, aka the dog-banes, aka the Apocynaceae family. Right there with Oleander, Huernia, Orbea, & Stapelia, Jasmine, Mandevilla, trumpet vines, ceropegias-popular string of hearts! And the Dischidias. Also Vinca vines.. and don’t forget, popular in Hawaii & many other warm climates: Plumeria. Very common but known to be filled w very noxious sap. Stephanotis. Similar to Hoya but hardier. Lovely beautiful vine, for outdoors. Smells great too when blooming.. Pachypodium, the spiky palm tree (or Madagascar palm), is also pretty popular as a succulent. As well as its Middle Eastern relative, the Adenium or desert rose plant. Literally it’s such a massive family, the milkweeds! Just wash your hands and don’t touch your face or mouth! Or anything sensitive. Lol

    • @erikm8372
      @erikm8372 Год назад +2

      And how could I forget the other popular aroids… Rhaphidophora, Monstera, Scindapsus & Syngonium! Dumbcanes all the same!

  • @bingegamer99
    @bingegamer99 6 лет назад +5

    This makes me see flowers in a completely different way

  • @hawkwulf117
    @hawkwulf117 6 лет назад +13

    2 years ago our dog died from Sago Palm poisoning. It is extremely toxic with no cure. It takes actually very little consumption of the plant to be dead within 24 to 48 hours. Even with medication to strengthen the liver from the vet he passed 2 and a half months later.

    • @gamacios7956
      @gamacios7956 6 лет назад

      Ryan Mueller Our dog ate one tiny piece and instantly shut down.. took a full day of surgery for her to barely make it out

    • @hawkwulf117
      @hawkwulf117 6 лет назад +1

      Thank you. The Number 7 Sago Palm show is being confused with another variety.
      blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/nassauco/2017/06/10/fact-sheet-sago-palm-2/
      Most sago is commercially extracted from a type of palm, Metroxylon sagu, which is sometimes called “true sago palm” to distinguish it from this cycad species.

    • @zombies.in.space.
      @zombies.in.space. 2 года назад

      that’s truly awful, i’m sorry that a plant took your dog from you before the right time

    • @beccymalloy
      @beccymalloy Год назад

      Oh no. That's so sad to hear. I think I would have to get rid of a lot of house plants I have if I got a cat or dog.

  • @ZOB4
    @ZOB4 6 лет назад +64

    Mistletoe killed Baldur, so that's enough of a reason to avoid it.

    • @solfindus
      @solfindus 6 лет назад +2

      z.browning all my scandinavians unite

    • @cutebutsadisticable
      @cutebutsadisticable 4 года назад +2

      But it was tricked by Loki. So was it Loki who killed Baldur or innocent Mistletoe?

    • @opalwyvern3797
      @opalwyvern3797 4 года назад +1

      @@cutebutsadisticable The story I heard was that Loki fashioned some mistletoe into a spear and got Baldur's blind brother, Hödr, to throw the spear at Baldur after everything in existence swore they would not hurt Baldur (Except for mistletoe because the gods thought it was to young and innocent to be asked) thus making Baldur almost indestructible. Because Hödr was blind he couldn't tell what he was holding was more than just a spear. Based off of this, I believe it was Loki who killed Baldur.

    • @jamieweatherwalk2752
      @jamieweatherwalk2752 4 года назад

      Mistletoe is actually a parasitic plant!

  • @nuu_29
    @nuu_29 6 лет назад +23

    I have them around me. They called "Neighbors"

  • @beyondthesea18
    @beyondthesea18 4 года назад +7

    lily of the valley can also be confused for ramps, which are a kind of wild onion that grows in similar environments as these flowers

    • @beccymalloy
      @beccymalloy Год назад

      Yes - they're called ramsens/wild garlic in the UK and the leaves do look similar. Flowers are very different though.

    • @BabalonNuit
      @BabalonNuit Год назад

      Don't know how THAT could happen; the SMELL alone would give them away! Ramps smell like onions!

  • @izurielpalanayukei5140
    @izurielpalanayukei5140 6 лет назад +1

    1:34 "Dumb being an antiquated, insulting term to refer to someone who can't speak."
    I love this.

  • @hustlehank6855
    @hustlehank6855 6 лет назад +80

    Perfect! I could use these in my next robbery.

    • @robots-FTW
      @robots-FTW 6 лет назад +1

      Hustle Hank hah

    • @amandarogerson9132
      @amandarogerson9132 4 года назад

      Lol. Just don't come to my house robbing please. You will be severely dissapointed cuz there's nothing left to burgle lol

    • @jenjung577
      @jenjung577 4 года назад +2

      Lol

  • @elmarieengelbrecht7322
    @elmarieengelbrecht7322 Год назад

    Really enjoyed your presentation. Thank you

  • @Nileswar001
    @Nileswar001 Год назад +1

    Thank you for your informative videos. Kindly include pictures of the plants and flowers more often in the videos

  • @lasercraft32
    @lasercraft32 2 месяца назад +1

    "Don't eat the house plants" oh thank you, thank you, this tip is eye opening! My life is forever changed, thank you! Words to live by! XD

  • @kittywithachoppa
    @kittywithachoppa 6 лет назад +16

    “That girl is *poison”* -Bell Biv DeVoe

    • @candykanefpv98
      @candykanefpv98 6 лет назад

      Elisa Abernathy great. Now all I see is Turk doing that dance.

  • @nicholasauwaerts2280
    @nicholasauwaerts2280 6 лет назад +1

    LOVE the Kurzgesagt reference, how sportive of your channel to advertise eachother! Both are awesome btw!!

  • @Animezingly
    @Animezingly 6 лет назад +3

    I wonder why it seems like so many people know about poison in poinsettias but not a lot of these more common plants. My mom definitely scared me away from touching poinsettia, I thought if I touched it and touched my mouth I'd drop dead lol.

  • @GitGoodGaming
    @GitGoodGaming 6 лет назад +7

    You guys forgot about Hemlock. It grows natively here in North America, I used to have a ton of these things growing around my country home in Ohio as a child.
    Had no idea the tiny white flowers were almost a guaranteed death if eaten.

  • @JustinY.
    @JustinY. 6 лет назад +110

    I know what I'll be -having- avoiding tonight

  • @Endigo_Vandane
    @Endigo_Vandane 6 лет назад +1

    The moment Stefan said "Don't eat the houseplants" I started singing that sentence to the tune of Don't Eat the Daisies.
    That's gonna be stuck in my head for a while...

  • @fafnirthelagaardianhaxorus9862
    @fafnirthelagaardianhaxorus9862 6 лет назад +12

    So kiss under the mistletoe aaand die from the poison..how romantic

  • @lifeincolour09
    @lifeincolour09 6 лет назад +11

    It seems Scishow reads the same Wikipedia articles that I do.

  • @kalenzypie
    @kalenzypie 6 лет назад +2

    I learnt about lily of the valley from a Nancy Drew Files book. Interesting list and great video!

  • @mockernut1808
    @mockernut1808 6 лет назад +1

    Dude! Mr. Chin has been hitting that gym! Good for you sir!

  • @rubentuesday1086
    @rubentuesday1086 6 лет назад +6

    I need more plant videos!💚🌱

  • @ryanamorrowful
    @ryanamorrowful 4 года назад +3

    Yews are very common landscaping plants in cooler climates and every part is extremely poisonous, aside from the flesh of the distinctive berry (which doesn't taste too bad, actually)

    • @hypsyzygy506
      @hypsyzygy506 Год назад

      I find the flesh of the aril is just very, very sweet and doesn't really taste of much. I have read that you can make a jelly from them, but separating the poisonous seeds from the edible flesh is far too fiddly, and very messy.

  • @jordynisboredyn
    @jordynisboredyn 4 года назад +4

    Someone out there must’ve just look at their house plant and thought; “What would happen if I ate it...”

  • @haiduc32
    @haiduc32 Год назад +1

    Young Daffodil leaves are easy to mistake with young garlic leaves (if you're stubborn to not wear glasses like my dad).Young garlic leaves have a mild garlic taste, and we eat them in spring. And the fact that garlic is being left to grow wildly in the back of the yard along with daffodil, also did not help..
    The taste of Daffodil leaves is a just a bit bitter, with no trace of garlic, that I was so looking forward to (first time in a few years I managed to get to my parents in sprint).. When I asked my parents why it did not have a garlic taste, that's when the bulb lit up... I got just a bite and was ok. My mom got away with a few runs to the bathroom. My dad did not even have a bite...

  • @alnabulsi313
    @alnabulsi313 Год назад +2

    The most dangerous part of the sago palm is their sawband-sharp fronds. We had one in my backyard growing up in the SC lowcountry, and ill never forget the sensation of them rubbing against skin 😬 shockingly sharp, always be careful around them with children

  • @williammartine5168
    @williammartine5168 6 лет назад

    nice presentation, good information

  • @transienthorror
    @transienthorror 2 года назад +1

    Raw juniper can make you (and your pets) sick! Had no idea until my cat ate some needles from a bush, and couldn't eat for a few days.

  • @ALAPINO
    @ALAPINO 6 лет назад +15

    MAM, please stop damaging my DNA.

  • @powertomato
    @powertomato 6 лет назад +2

    Anyone picking wild garlic should be aware of lily of the valley, as young plants can look very similar and even grow within the same patch

  • @GranRey-0
    @GranRey-0 6 лет назад +1

    I have all these; minus oleander, and more...Foxgloves, monkshood/wolfsbane, lupines, nicotania, azaleas(almost a rhododendron), wild nightshade and potatoes plants, trillium, and the list goes on...

  • @hypersapien
    @hypersapien 6 лет назад +3

    No mention of Foxglove/Digitalis? My middle school summer camp was crawling with it, and the first order of business on the first day of camp every year was to explain to every one not to touch any of it.
    It's also what James Bond was poisoned with in Casino Royale.

    • @BabalonNuit
      @BabalonNuit Год назад

      Digoxin, the heart drug, is synthesized from foxglove.

  • @LimeyLassen
    @LimeyLassen 4 года назад +2

    "Lily of the Valley, which you may know if you're a fan of..."
    Me: Queen?
    Host: Breaking Bad

  • @viannemcauliffe3522
    @viannemcauliffe3522 Год назад +1

    I used to sew ties to all the corners of to duvet and to the cover then tie together and shake it into position. Keeps it from slipping as well

  • @mattheweburns
    @mattheweburns Год назад +1

    I never thought about there being physical contaminants, rather than toxic poisonous compounds within the plants that is interesting 1:40

  • @Meowwwwwwwwww17
    @Meowwwwwwwwww17 3 года назад +2

    To be fair a lot of common houseplants have a high amt of calcium oxalate like the diffenbachia: monstera deliciosa, philodendron, pothos, rhaphidophora tetrasperma, etc. A lot of common houseplants in general are mildly toxic to consume

  • @berelinde
    @berelinde 10 месяцев назад

    My cousin's friend decorated her bridal shower cake with lilies of the valley, stuck into the frosting like a giant toxic bouquet. I saw the cake on the table and called the friend aside saying that you can't serve that, the garnish is poison, but the friend served it anyway, saying it was too pretty to pick the flowers out. I offered to go to the florist and buy some orange blossoms, but she was determined. I made no friends when I told my cousin and mother not to eat it because the plants were poisonous but I felt that I had to. To be honest, there probably wasn't enough contact exposure to make anyone sick, but I'd heard stories about digitalis and didn't want it on my conscience. There were a few other guests looking uncomfortable and not eating the cake, so I wasn't the only one who noticed. Thankfully, nobody got sick from it.

  • @AlbertStichkaJohn
    @AlbertStichkaJohn 6 лет назад +12

    I think this isn't the first time dieffenbachia has been mentioned. It's a great example because of its common name, but it's worth noting (and apologies if it's brought up later in the video I'm commenting right after #1 finished because pedantic comments can't wait) the calcium crystals in question exist in a huge number of common house and garden plants, such as pothos and most ornamental varieties of elephant ears.

    • @AlbertStichkaJohn
      @AlbertStichkaJohn 6 лет назад +5

      A fun side note, I once absentmindedly took a bite out of an elephant ear stalk that was in one hand instead of the carrot in the other and wound up standing over the sink drooling uncontrollably and mumbling to poison control. It's pretty hard to eat enough of those crystals to do damage if you're an adult human, because it's pretty immediately apparent it's a bad idea, and it stays apparent for hours.

  • @redstarseed514
    @redstarseed514 Год назад +1

    I own half of those plants right now and the other half, i have them while growing up. Didn’t even know I’m surrounded by toxin.

  • @Karlandra
    @Karlandra 4 года назад +2

    And people don't understand my rule of "If I can't eat it I'm not planting it"....

  • @mat_name_whatever
    @mat_name_whatever 6 лет назад

    Omg thank you so much that made my plans so much easier

  • @FriedEgg101
    @FriedEgg101 6 лет назад +1

    I had a headmaster who once ate a daffodil infront of a whole school assembly. What a role model.

  • @bazookallamaproductions5280
    @bazookallamaproductions5280 4 года назад +1

    ive deliberately got bittersweet nightshade and jimsonweed datura on my windowsill for the flowers.

  • @sindhubabu7788
    @sindhubabu7788 5 лет назад

    Thanks a lot

  • @JohnGardnerAlhadis
    @JohnGardnerAlhadis 2 года назад +1

    My family's dog nearly died because she ate a cycad bulb that was growing in a sack of potting mix. Apparently cycads smell and taste extremely sweet, making them alluring to pets and a source of potential heartbreak for anybody who owns one...

  • @YCCCm7
    @YCCCm7 6 лет назад +7

    Wow! Wish you guys had released this a couple months ago. Might've saved me one trip to the woods and one "hunting accident" allegedly involving my no good, two-timing wife!

  • @joshuadeyoung5540
    @joshuadeyoung5540 6 лет назад

    Love the Shirt!!

  • @mariacastro2682
    @mariacastro2682 9 месяцев назад

    What I find interesting is that deer will consume hydrangeas down to the stem .. they usually instinctively leave toxic plants alone..ie..oleander,daffodils ect…

  • @debbiefox6846
    @debbiefox6846 Год назад +2

    I realize this is 4yrs old. 1 extremely important common plant isn't on the list that should have made the top of this list and that is Lillies. Lillies like Tiger Lily & Easter Lily ( True Lilies) A bite of a lily flower or leaf is enough to kill a toddler or pet. Even the pollen on these can kill your pets. If a cat brushes up on the pollen and they lick themselves they will die.
    I also think when he spoke about Oleander he should have included Azales & Plumeria. They are all in the same family & are quite toxic. Another thing that should have been mentioned when he spoke about Cycads. Sago Palms ( a Cycad not a palm) & certain other Cycads which are frequently imported from Asia are much more toxic than he mentioned and gardeners I know wear gloves when working with them & all people should definitely wash their hands if handling them. They are the #1 most illegally poached plant and many of the more poisonous ones are imported all over the world. Just realize most houseplants are toxic to some degree. Even some Hoya are toxic as well as Dischidia. Also Ivy is poisonous and the sap is extremely irritating and frequently causes welts and swelling. Just my 2 cents but there are many more people collecting plants and the list of toxic - mildly poisonous is huge. So i recommend looking up each plant you purchase and figure out what comfort level you have owning it with children and/or pets. Take care.

  • @ozzyhuxford4562
    @ozzyhuxford4562 6 лет назад

    I absolutely love your kurzgesagt shirt!

  • @helentee9863
    @helentee9863 Год назад +1

    Poinsettia isn't so much poisonous as toxic/caustic.
    Get the milky white sap in the stems on a broken area of your skin,or let it come in contact with your mucus membrane (eyes,mouth, inside your nose) and that area will become red,painful, swollen,inflamed and maybe blistered.
    The injuries it causes resemble a bacterial infection or possibly even a burn, and are highly unpleasant to have to go through.

    • @BabalonNuit
      @BabalonNuit Год назад

      All the plants with Euphorbia in their name are like that. As a rule, any plant with milky sap, you should avoid getting it on you.

  • @Zeldaschampion
    @Zeldaschampion 6 лет назад +8

    We use to have yew berry bushes growing around my area when I was young. Thank god I never ate one of them and as to why people even plant those in the first place is beyond me.

    • @hishamsadiq4104
      @hishamsadiq4104 2 года назад +1

      Their only dangerous if you swallow the seeds

    • @Roving_and_Crafting
      @Roving_and_Crafting Год назад

      ​@@hishamsadiq4104 Pets and children still could eat it.

    • @hypsyzygy506
      @hypsyzygy506 Год назад

      ​@@hishamsadiq4104
      NO NO NO NO NO.
      *_Every_* part of a yew plant is poisonous, except the red fleshy part of the aril (the thing that looks like the fruit). The seed contained within the aril is poisonous, but the red flesh is very, very sweet and a good source of Vitamin C.
      Eating just a few yew seeds or leaves can be fatal. People have even died from breathing the smoke from burning yew wood, or from inhaling sawdust when cutting down a yew tree while not wearing a protective mask.

  • @IamTheHolypumpkin
    @IamTheHolypumpkin 6 лет назад +1

    My mom loves "weeping figs" or also called "benjamin figs" they are also slightly poisonous. We now have 4 of them. One is already 2 meters tall and across. It already hit the sealing over a decade ago and now only gets wider. It can't survive the harsh winters in Germany so it has to be kept indoors. Okay it would be impossible to get it outside anyway it just doesn't fit though the door. The others 3 are roughly 1.8m, 1.2m and 0.8m tall.

  • @mapofwhatever
    @mapofwhatever 6 лет назад +1

    Lilly of the valley has cardiac glycozides aswell, which is pretty toxic

  • @SnowblindOtter
    @SnowblindOtter 4 года назад +2

    This list is woefully absent of the common Foxglove, which contains a potent neurotoxin known as Digitoxin. A single flower can be enough to kill a fully-grown human.

  • @grangrampa832
    @grangrampa832 Год назад

    Thank you

  • @RainebowEvee
    @RainebowEvee Год назад

    scishow: don't eat the poisonous plants
    me: maybe i should nibble on the hydrangea bush outside my front door

  • @2000spacecat
    @2000spacecat 6 лет назад

    The shirt...
    10/10 good job.

  • @eddietorres1313
    @eddietorres1313 6 лет назад +1

    love your Kurtzgesagt shirt tho XD 👌👌👌

  • @dakotadawn5789
    @dakotadawn5789 6 лет назад

    Best short of all time

  • @imneverwrongsometimestruthlies
    @imneverwrongsometimestruthlies Год назад +1

    I'm confused about rhododendrons because people in my place make juices and wines from them flowers from both pink & white ones..

  • @johndavidcollins6163
    @johndavidcollins6163 4 года назад +1

    In Spain and Portugal if you have to sleep outdoors then under oleander is a good place as insects stay away from it. Also if anyone bothers you they get painful skin.

  • @willychinchilla1879
    @willychinchilla1879 6 лет назад +5

    Nice Kurzgesagt shirt!

  • @thephoenician9597
    @thephoenician9597 6 лет назад +1

    I once bit into a Dieffenbachia leaf when I was little, suffices to say I quickly came to regret that decision

  • @thecreature7608
    @thecreature7608 6 лет назад +29

    Aka 9 excuses for why you don't want to work on the garden

  • @SoberOKMoments
    @SoberOKMoments 2 месяца назад

    Once heard of a family picnic where oleander branches were stipped of leaves and used as sticks to roast hot dogs on. It didn't end well for those at the feast.

  • @booker0110
    @booker0110 11 месяцев назад

    Almost everything we don’t grow for food is toxic to some degree. If you don’t recognise it in the wild don’t eat it but don’t get anxious.

  • @bro65ful
    @bro65ful Год назад +1

    ..Please show more of the plants from roots to top. Thanks FYI

  • @moonbender95
    @moonbender95 6 лет назад +4

    I didn't realize he's wearing a Kurzgesagt t-shirt xD

  • @MUTYAKO
    @MUTYAKO 3 года назад +1

    My brain almost bleeding sucking all this knowledge but learned a lot😆

  • @StevenSSmith
    @StevenSSmith 6 лет назад

    I like that shirt. I like it when youtubers watch the same channels i watch

  • @kentario1610
    @kentario1610 2 года назад +1

    I once ate something thinking it was an onion and it tasted weird (well, weird for an onion) but I think in the end it was a tulip onion and nothing except a funny story came of it. To be fair they were in the kitchen...

  • @sunnyd9884
    @sunnyd9884 6 лет назад +1

    Time to make a literal garden salad for my family

  • @MyrmidonsProductions
    @MyrmidonsProductions 6 лет назад +1

    many people have a weed or herb like plant called Hemlock, it looks almost identical to Carrot leaves with a purple tinge on the underside

  • @jynxijuxtapoze3508
    @jynxijuxtapoze3508 6 лет назад

    educational channel solidarity between scishow and kurzgesagt 👌🏽😩