Poisonous Plant List

COMMON NAMES  POISONOUS PARTS

AngeI’s trumpet  (Brugmansia candida) Poisoning mostly from flowers & leaves.

Arum lily    (Zantedeschia aethiopica) All parts cause burning sensation if eaten.

Bittersweet    (Solanum dulcamara) All parts poisonous.

Caper spurge    (Euphoria Iathyris) All parts poisonous.

Castor oil plant   (Ricinus communis) All parts poisonous.

Cherry laurel    (Prunus Iauroderasus) Kernels of the small black fruits are poisonous.

Corsican hellebore   (Hellebours Iividus) All parts poisonous

Celery leaved buttercup (Ranunculus scleratus) Celery shaped leaves will quickly blister mouth

Daphne    (Daphne) All species are poisonous

Death cap mushroom  (Amanita phalloides) Deadly poisonous.  

Fly agaric    (Amanita muscaria) All parts poisonous. I

Foxglove    (Digitalis purpurea) All parts very poisonous.

Giant hogweed   (Heracleum mantegazzianum) Produces severe dermatitis.

Hemlock    (Conium maculatum) All parts very poisonous.

Italian arum    (Arum italicum) All parts cause burning sensation if eaten.

Ivy     (Hedera helix) Most parts poisonous.

Jerusalem cherry   (Solanum pseudocapsicum) Berries very poisonous.

Laburnum    All parts poisonous.

E Lantana    (Lantana camara) All parts poisonous.

Larkspur    (Consolida ambigua) All parts poisonous.

Lily of the valley   (Convallaria majalis) All pants poisonous.

Ngaio Tree   (Myoporum Iaetum) All parts toxic.

Oleander    (Nerium oleander) All parts very poisonous

Potato     (Solanum tuberosum) All green parts poisonous

Privet     (Iigustum vulgare) Most parts poisonous, berries often eaten.

Portugal laurel    (Prunus Iusitanica) Danger from eating the purple/black berries.

Red cestrum    (Cestrum elegans)

Rhododendron   All parts poisonous.

Snowberry    (Symphoricarpos albus) Berries poisonous.

Spindle tree    (Euonymus europaeus) All parts poisonous.

Stinking iris    (Iris foetidissima) Poisonous orange fruit.

Thornapple   (Datura stramonium) All parts poisonous.

Tree nettle or Ongaonga  (Urtica ferox) Contact with stinging hairs is very dangerous.

Tutu     (Coriaria arborea) All parts except flesh of ripe fruit very poisonous.

Winter rose    (Halleborus niger and hybrids) All parts poisonous.

Yew     (Taxus baccata) All parts except flesh of fruit.

For more information refer to www.landcareresearch.co.nz

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Education regulations state that "Children must not have access to poisonous plants."

TREATMENT

Phone: 03 - 474 7000 should you need urgent advice (National Poison & Hazardous Chemicals Centre)

Phone: 03 — 479 1200 for non urgent help

Contact your doctor and if possible take samples with you.

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