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• Daphne (plant)
  ...nt]] family [[Thymelaeaceae]], native to [[Asia]], [[Europe]], and north [[Africa]]. They are noted for their scented [[flower]]s and [[poison]]ous [[berry|b ...]] [[sepal]]s, ranging from greenish-yellow to white and bright pink; most of the evergreen species tend to have greenish flowers, while the [[deciduous]
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• Cryptostegia grandiflora
  |image_caption = Flowers and leaves of Rubber Vine ...[rubber]] (hence the name). It is now naturalised in the Caribbean, [[East Africa]], [[Mauritius]], [[India]], [[Southeast Asia]], [[Latin America]], the sou
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• Arisaema triphyllum
  ...d covers over and contain a [[spadix]] ("Jack"), covered with tiny flowers of both sexes. The flowers are unisexual, in small plants most if not all the ...ing a plant with a single rounded leaf. Seedlings need three or more years of growth before they become large enough to flower.
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• Solanum nigrum
  ...sp&name=Solanum~nigrum ''Solanum nigrum'' plant profile, ''New South Wales Flora Online'']</ref> ...], and can be [[fatal]]. Death can result from the ingestion of high doses of plant parts, causing [[cardiac arrhythmia]]s and [[respiratory failure]].
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• Adonis annua
  ...') is a [[medicinal plant|medicinal]] and [[ornamental plant]] native to [[Africa]], [[Asia]], and [[Europe]]. ''Adonis annua'' is one of 101 species deemed as a high priority for conservation in the UK by the wil
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• Fool's Parsley
  ...Europe]], western [[Asia]] and northwest [[Africa]]. It is the only member of the genus '''''Aethusa'''''. [[Image:Aethusa_cynapium_002.JPG|left|thumb|Inflorescence of Fool's Parsley.]]
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• Euphorbia lathyris
  ...is'']</ref><ref name="blamey">Blamey, M. & Grey-Wilson, C. (1989). ''Flora of Britain and Northern Europe''. ISBN 0-340-40170-2</ref> ...name="blamey"/><ref name="rhs">Huxley, A, ed. (1992). ''New RHS Dictionary of Gardening''. ISBN 0-333-47494-5</ref>
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• Hyacinth bean
  ...d_id=11763 |format= |accessdate=2008-07-15 |edition= |series=Lost Crops of Africa |volume=2 |date=2006-10-27 |publisher=National Academies Press |location= | [[Image:Lablab purpureus Steve Hurst 1.jpg|thumb|left|Seeds of the purple hyacinth bean]]
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• Melia azedarach
  <!-- and oogles of others - search for the species names to get lists. --> ...Cedar''' and '''malai vembu''' (மலை வேம்பு). In [[South Africa]] it is commonly but erroneously called Syringa, which is in fact the [[Syr
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• Ornithogalum
  ...hite flowers striped with green. There are numerous members of the genus, of which ''O. umbellatum'' is perhaps the best-known: :''[[Ornithogalum arabicum|O. arabicum]]'' (Star-of-Bethlehem)
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• Dichapetalum cymosum
  ...he chemical [[Sodium fluoroacetate|monofluoroacetate]] occurs in all parts of the plant and is responsible for the toxic effects shown<ref>{{cite web |ti |publisher=The hidden Gifts of Nature
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• Digitalis
  ...id = 11222255 | issue = 2 | jstor = 2657024 | publisher = American Journal of Botany, Vol. 88, No. 2}}</ref> ...These range in color from various purple [[tint]]s through various shades of light gray, and to purely white. The flowers can also possess various marks
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• Conium
  [[Image:Koeh-191.jpg|thumb|right|200px|19th century illustration of ''Conium maculatum'']] {{Redirect3|Poison hemlock|For other uses of "hemlock", see [[Hemlock]]}}
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• Ageratum houstonianum
  ...ay flowers are threadlike, leading to the common name.<ref>New South Wales Flora Online, ''Ageratum houstonianum'' [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bi ...a_id=1&taxon_id=200023022 | title = Ageratum houstonianum | work = [[Flora of North America]] }}</ref><ref>Species profile [http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.go
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• Ageratum conyzoides
  ...sw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Ageratum~conyzoides NSW Flora Online, Ageratum conyzoides]</ref> ...rop/proceedings1999/v4-469.html ''Ageratum conyzoides'': A tropical source of medicinal and agricultural products. p. 469–473.] In: J. Janick (ed.), Pe
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• Privet
  ...[Europe]], north [[Africa]], [[Asia]] and [[Australasia]], with the centre of diversity in [[China]], the [[Himalayas]], [[Japan]] and [[Taiwan]]. The ge ...he fruits, borne in clusters, are small purple to black drupes. The fruits of some species are mildly [[poisonous]] to humans.<ref>Plants for a Future, h
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• Taxus baccata
  ...] and southwest [[Asia]].<ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref> It is the tree orig ...th the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flat rows either side of the stem, except on erect leading shoots where the spiral arrangement is mo
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• Nerium oleander
  ...ermplasm Resources Information Network |publisher=United States Department of Agriculture |date=1998-03-09 |accessdate=2010-06-26}}</ref> ...m the old Latin name for the flower. Oleander is one of the most poisonous of commonly grown garden plants, and can be very toxic if ingested in sufficie
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• Solanum americanum
  ...a]], [[Papua New Guinea]], Peru, Sierra Leone, the [[Seychelles]], [[South Africa]], Tanzania, and [[Uganda]]. ...and [[hyoscyamine]] (an [[isomer]] of [[atropine]]).<ref> ''''Wildflowers of Tucson - Arizona Poisonous Tucson Plants''''[http://www.fireflyforest.co
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• Euphorbia
  | diversity_link = List of Euphorbia species ...ly from Africa, the Americas and [[Madagascar]]. There exists a wide range of [[island|insular]] species: on the [[Hawaiian Islands]] where spurges are c
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