Forest plants, from which it is better to stay away

The forest is a place of increased danger: especially when it comes to the tropics. But along with a variety of insects and animals, unpleasant encounters can happen with conventional plants. For thousands of years of evolution they have developed a set of effective tools of protection from animals, so you should know them and stay away at a meeting.

Ambrosia artemisiifolia

The plant that looks like wormwood or cannabis, produces poisonous pollen. In the flowering period, when the pollen concentration reaches its peak, ragweed can easily cause allergies and departure. A few grains of pollen is enough to bring up the inflammation of the eyes, shortness of breath, watery eyes, and at very high doses - conjunctivitis.

Hogweed

Upon contact with the plant or, even worse, in contact with skin of his juice, it caused severe inflammation and does not heal burns. To develop a burn enough even one and a half minutes of contact. Inflammation may be associated with chills, dizziness, itching and headache.

field bindweed

Neutral Field bindweed is not as harmless as it may seem at first glance. The plant contains a resinous substance konvalvulin. This is a strong poison that can cause burning in the mouth and throat, abdominal pain, diarrhea and dehydration.

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Hemlock

Plant insidiously the fact that in the first year of growth forms a leaf and root, similar to parsley. In such a liquid alkaloid contained psevdopetrushke coniine. If its taste, will paralysis of various parts of the central nervous system, the pressure will rise and disrupted respiration.

lambsquarters

Externally similar to the edible pigweed swans. However, unlike the latter, pigweed refers to poisonous plants. If it accidentally mistaken, this mistake will cost a strong malaise in the form of nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea and dehydration.

Celandine

The plant is a popular folk remedy in dealing with warts, blisters and pimples. But before cauterize them something next time, you should consider a few times, because celandine toxic. The plant contains a number of alkaloids that cause vomiting, cramps, diarrhea, and when it is ingested in large doses - death.

Arum spotted

The plant contains toxic substances aroin. It is dangerous that has a paralyzing effect on the central nervous system. Contact with the skin does not bode well, but irritation and burns. If poisoning plant headaches, diarrhea, cold sweat breaks. The severe form of these would be convulsions, hallucinations, and arrhythmia.

Aquilegia vulgaris

Plant of the buttercup family is ubiquitous in suburban areas and in the forest. But few know that it is poisonous. In particular - its flowers. Poisoning can be recognized by dizziness, tingling tongue, spasms of the limbs and arrhythmia. Heavy departures can be fatal, caused by respiratory arrest.

Belem

Popular expression "you that henbane stuffed?" Was not invented by accident. Belem is a poisonous plant, and all its parts are poisonous. One of the main signs of origin are delusions and hallucinations. Apart from them there is also increased sweating, fever, tachycardia, and photophobia, and in severe sluchayah- respiratory failure, convulsions and loss of consciousness. It can even be fatal.

Aconite

Beautiful bright buttercup family of plants is fraught with mortal danger. At the root, and in immature seeds of the plant contain alkaloids, mainly aconitine. For toxic effects is comparable with curare. Akotin can cause severe poisoning, accompanied by dizziness, blackouts, seizures limbs, arrhythmias, and even death, which causes respiratory arrest.