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When I was a kid, I loved world records and question and answer books. Back in the day (I don’t know if this is still the case), my elementary school would host a Scholastic Book Fair. It was an evening spent with parents perusing shelves filled with hundreds of books, novelties, and school supplies. In 2005, the Scholastic Book of World Records caught my eye, and my mom agreed to buy it for me. I loved how each section had rankings and colorful photographs for each winner.

One thing that stood out to me was the world’s deadliest plant. The castor bean plant was rated #1, so I was surprised to find castor oil listed as an ingredient on the back of my shampoo bottle. This (along with the world’s longest fingernails) kept me up at night. Am I at risk for ingesting this???

Twenty years later, I still think about the book. I was wondering, what really are the deadliest plants? Turns out, this is quite difficult to measure. However, after parsing through the research literature, I was able to devise this top 9 list of deadliest plants.

9. Autumn Crocus

Autumn crocus, Colchicum autumnale, was first published in 1753. The plant is native to Europe. It predominantly grows in meadows and damp grassland.

In the fall, it sends up pink and lilac-colored flowers. In spring, the leaves appear separately. That is when fatal mistakes begin. People sometimes accidentally gather them while trying to harvest wild garlic.

Autumn crocus is dangerous when swallowed. Colchicine upsets the stomach. It blocks cell division, strips out bone marrow, injures the liver and kidneys, and may cause shock or multi-organ failure. Surprisingly, it is used in medicine as a real drug for gout and inflammatory disease.

8. Oleander

Oleander, taxonomically known as Nerium oleander, was first published about in 1753. Its native range runs from the Mediterranean east to Myanmar.

Most people know Oleander as a shrub growing against an apartment wall which never seems to die. The shrub looks ordinary, which is why it’s so dangerous.

The leaves, flowers, and stems can all poison by ingestion. Some people turn it into plant tea, which is a terrible idea. The sap can irritate skin, but consumption turns things deadly.

Oleander’s cardiac glycosides, including oleandrin, inhibit Na/K-ATPase (potassium-ion cellular processes). Those can push the heart into block, bradycardia, arrhythmia, and even cause sudden death. The plant is both deadly and beautiful, and some people plant it just to look at it.

7. Poison Hemlock

Poison hemlock, Conium maculatum, was first officially published about in 1753. The plant has an expansive range, and is considered native across Europe, western Asia, and North Africa through Ethiopia. It spreads through ditches, canal banks, wet pastures, and neglected ground.

Poison hemlock belongs to the same family as parsley and carrots. The poison hemlock resembles these, making it easy to accidentally consume. People can differentiate it by its hollow stem with purple blotches.

Most of the severe cases of poisoning involve ingesting part of the plant. Its alkaloids, especially coniine, can cause a person to experience weakness, tremor, paralysis, and respiratory failure.

This plant was used to issue Socrates the death penalty in Athens in 399 BC. He was poisoned due to accusations of impiety and use of sophistic. He could have avoided this death penalty, but chose to ask the court questions instead of beg for his life. Sounds like something he would do.

6. Castor Bean

Castor bean, Ricinus communis, was first published about in 1753. The plant is native to northeastern tropical Africa, especially the Horn of Africa. The plant has a polished look, with big palmate leaves, spiny capsules, and seeds resembling marbled stone.

The most dangerous part of the castor bean plant is the seeds. If swallowed whole, the hard coat may seal the majority of the toxin in. If you chew or crush it first, the risk increases dramatically.

Ricin blocks protein synthesis. Severe poisoning can cause vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration, organ injury, and collapse.

The castor bean plant produces castor oil. This oil is non-edible and commonly used in industrial lubricants, biofuels, paints, varnishes, and cosmetics. The dangerous part, ricin, was utilized by Walter White as a sweetener substitute for his adversary.

5. English Yew

English yew, taxonomy Taxus baccata, was first published about officially in 1753. The plant’s native biome ranges in the Azores, across Europe, northern Iran, and northwestern Africa. It grows in woodland, gardens, estates, and old burial grounds.

Nothing about the English yew begs attention. The plant contains dark needles, produces dense shade, and is characterized by red fleshy arils (similar to those things inside of a pomegranate).

The red flesh is not the problem. The seed inside the flesh, the needles, and most other parts of the tree are toxic.

Yew poisoning typically occurs with ingestion. When a person eats it, the poison travels through the heart. Taxine alkaloids cause cardiac conduction failure, ventricular arrhythmias, shock, and sudden death. In literature, yew may be found planted in an old churchyard as symbolism about the nature of the human condition.

4. Rosary Pea

Rosary pea, Abrus precatorius, was first published about in 1767. The plant is native across the tropical and subtropical Asia and Australia. The rosary pea grows as a twining vine through hedges, scrub, and disturbed tropical ground.

The rosary pea seed is glossy, bright red, and marked with a black patch. The seed contains abrin, one of the most potent plant toxins known to man. Intact seeds often pass through the body with limited absorption. The serious poisonings usually occur when the seeds are chewed, crushed, or drilled.

Historically, the rosary pea seed was used in rosaries and jewelry. The mass of the seed, known as ratti, is a unit of measurement. The ratti is still used in India for mass of precious metals and gemstones.

3. Suicide Tree

The suicide tree, Cerbera odollam, was first classified taxonomically in 1791. The plant, also called the pong-pong tree, is native to southern India. It grows in wet/tropical areas, along coasts, riverbanks, and around the edges of mangroves.

The fruit of the suicide tree contains highly-toxic kernels. When consumed, cerberin, a cardiac glycoside, causes vomiting, increased potassium, heart blockage, and fatal dysrhythmia.

This plant ranks high because of its profound death record. In Kerala, India, half of plant-poisoning deaths are attributed to the suicide tree. Between 1989 and 1999, 537 recorded deaths in the region were thought to be caused by the suicide tree.

2. Monkshood

Monkshood, Aconitum napellus, was first classified in 1753. Monkshood is native to western and central Europe, often located in mountain regions like the Alps and Pyrenees.

The plant is characterized by its flowers resembling dark blue and violet hoods. Consumption of roots, leaves, tinctures, or poorly-prepared herbal medicines may result in serious poisoning. Unlike the other plants on this list, monkshood can poison through the skin. This commonly occurs from handling the raw roots or concentrated preparations.

The plant contains the poison aconitine and other related alkaloids. Within hours, the plant alkaloids disrupt sodium channels, produce numbness, vomiting, ventricular arrhythmia, shock, and cardiac arrest.

The plant used to be called wolfsbane. The plant was used while hunting with poisoned bait and arrows. The plant can be found in the Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind expansion pack Bloodmoon.

1. Water Hemlock

Coming in at number one is water hemlock. Cicuta douglasii was first classified officially in 1900. The plant is native to western Canada, the western United States, and Chihuahua, Mexico.

As its name suggests, the plant grows where the ground stays wet. This includes marshes, streambanks, wet meadows, soggy pastures, and around wet ditches. Often, people mistake water hemlock’s dangerous roots as edible.

The entire plant is toxic, especially the rootstock and tubers. Poisoning typically follows ingestion. The plant contains cicutoxin, a violent central nervous system convulsant. A small amount may trigger seizures, respiratory failure, and death. The plant is often confused with parsnips, making accidental consumption an unfortunate reality.

Great! Now you know the top 9 deadliest plants. Don’t eat them.

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