Beware of 6 beautiful but poisonous flowers for Tet
Some familiar Tet flowers, with attractive colors and shapes, seem harmless and are only used for decoration. However, they contain dangerous toxins.
Lily
Angel's trumpet, a flower that grows abundantly in the Da Lat area, is an extremely poisonous flower. The poison extracted from the leaves and flowers of the trumpet can be used as an effective hallucinogen in medicine, but overdose can lead to death. The active ingredients include atropine, hyoscyamine and scopolamine, which cause symptoms of delirium and insanity.
When traveling, you should avoid getting the sap on open wounds or coming into contact with food or drink. Do not let children play with lilies as they may put them in their mouths.
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Lilies grow a lot in the Da Lat area and are extremely poisonous. |
Hydrangea
Hydrangea is a popular ornamental flower. Hydrangea flowers and leaves contain the toxic substance cyanogenic glycoside. In our country, there are many in Da Lat. The plant is a perennial herbaceous shrub, the leaves grow opposite each node on the stem, the leaves are large, the flowers grow in clusters at the ends of the branches, the stems and leaves are smooth, the flowers are pink, white, purple, very beautiful. The plant flowers in spring and summer.
However, if you eat the poison, it will cause stomach pain for several hours, diarrhea, vomiting, shortness of breath, then you will sweat, itchy skin and fall into a coma. Tourists who accidentally eat this flower need to be quickly taken to the nearest medical facility for timely treatment.
Bird of Paradise
Bird of Paradise has a very unique structure, consisting of three long bright orange leaves and three purple-blue petals, surrounded by a dark blue corolla. Therefore, it is a very popular ornamental flower. However, this flower, known as the "bird of paradise", contains many toxins that harm the digestive tract. When the toxins enter the body through the mouth, they will harm the intestines, causing diarrhea for the patient.
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This flower, known as the "bird of paradise", contains many toxins that harm the digestive tract. |
In addition, when exposed to the petals for a long time, you will feel uncomfortable, dizzy, nauseous. Therefore, when taking souvenir photos with this flower, you should not stand for too long and should not pick the flower to smell because it can cause unpleasant symptoms.
Rhododendron
The toxins in the petals include andromedotoxin and arbutin glucoside. This flower is warned to be very dangerous because all other parts of it contain toxins. Therefore, contact with the flower should not be done. The first symptoms of azalea poisoning are nausea, fatigue, difficulty breathing, drooling, and vomiting.
In addition, people who are poisoned by flowers may also lose balance and become dizzy. 100 - 225 grams of rhododendron leaves are enough to cause severe poisoning in a 25kg child. If poisoned by this flower, stay away from the flower, move to a cool place and call a medical facility for timely treatment.
Tulips
Although tulips are beautiful, tulip bulbs contain tulipene. Eating this toxic substance will cause dizziness and nausea. Tulips are grown a lot in Da Lat and other cold climates in Vietnam. This is also a highly toxic flower, so be careful if you let children hold or play with this flower, especially tulip bulbs.
If someone is exposed to the plant's poison, call the nearest medical facility for treatment and quickly take the poisoned person to a place for treatment.
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Although tulips are beautiful, tulip bulbs contain tulipene. Eating them can cause dizziness and nausea. |
The banyan tree
This is a plant with large, beautiful flowers. Although it is highly toxic, it is also a medicinal plant with strictly controlled concentrations, often used to treat dysentery. It can be applied to treat arthritis, scabies, ulcers, gonorrhea, syphilis, mixed with honey to apply to mouth ulcers, soaked in cotton balls and stuffed into aching teeth to stop the pain.
However, the latex of this species is used in low doses as an emetic, high doses will cause strong toxicity such as headache, dizziness, nausea, high doses can cause symptoms of fever, rash all over the body and weakness will cause cyanosis, lethargy, difficulty breathing...
Although this plant is not highly toxic, visitors are advised not to touch it. It is best not to break or pick the plant to avoid contact with the resin contained in the plant.
