Childhood Injury Prevention Handbook

Children’s of Alabama

Toxic or Poisonous Plants

Common Name

Botanical Name

Poisonous Part(s)

Aloe

Aloe vera

all parts

Asparagus

Asparagus officinalis Rhododendron species Solanum dulcamara Robinia pseudoacacia Buxus sempervirens Rhamnus cathartica Citrofortunella mitis

uncooked young shoots

Azalea

all parts

Bittersweet Black locust

leaves and fruit

seeds, bark, foliage

Boxplant (Boxwood)

Ieaves, stems

Buckthorn

fruit, leaves, bark fruit peels, thorns

Calamondim orange

Castor

Ricinus

seeds berries

Chinaberry Chokecherry Cotoneaste

Melia azedarach Prunus virginiana

seed or pit fruit, berries

Cotoneaster

Crocus

Colchicum autumnale

all parts, especially bulb

Cyclamen

Cyclamen species Narcissus species Atropa belladonna

tuber, root

Daffodil

all parts, especially bulbs

Deadly nightshade

all parts all parts all parts all parts berries all parts

Dogbane

Apocynum cannabinum Dieffenbachia species Sambucus species Xanthosoma species Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Dumb cane Elderberry Elephant ear

leaves, shoots, bark

Engleman ivy (Virginia creeper)

Eyebane

Euphorbia maculata

Four o’clock

Mirabilis jalapa

root, seeds

Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

all parts all parts

Ground ivy

Glechoma hederacea

Holly

IIex aquifolium Aesculus species

leaves, berries

Horse chestnut, buckeye

flowers, sprouts, nuts

Hyacinth

Hyacinthus orientalis Hydrangea species

bulb

Hydrangea

leaves, buds

Iris

Iris species

bulbs, stems, leaves

Jequirity bean

Abrus precatorius

bean, if chewed

Jerusalem cherry

Solanum pseudocapsicum

all parts all parts all parts

Jimson weed

Datura stramonium

Juniper

Juniperus

Kentucky coffee tree

Gymnocladus dioicus Delphinium species

seeds

Larkspur

all parts, especially young plants

Lily of the valley

Convallaria majalis

all parts

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