Every Poisonous Plant Explained (and the tree you can't shelter under in the rain)

Every poisonous plant, explained: the flowers, berries, roots and trees that can sicken or kill, from the hemlock that killed Socrates and the datura that turned soldiers into fools for 11 days, to the castor bean behind a Cold War umbrella assassination and the manchineel, a tree so dangerous that rain dripping off its leaves can burn your skin. https://www.mossandthyme.com In this video: lily of the valley, oleander, yew, hemlock, water hemlock, deadly nightshade, datura, monkshood, white snakeroot, ackee, rosary pea, castor bean, strychnine tree, giant hogweed, gympie-gympie and manchineel. Which of these plants surprised you most, and have you got any of them in your own garden? Tell me in the comments. Chapters 0:00 The deadliest plants in ordinary gardens 0:53 Lily of the valley 1:30 Oleander 2:06 Yew 2:56 Hemlock 3:34 Water hemlock 4:10 Deadly nightshade 4:48 Datura 5:33 Monkshood 6:10 White snakeroot 6:51 Ackee 7:31 Rosary pea 8:06 Castor bean 8:48 Strychnine tree 9:28 Giant hogweed 10:07 Gympie-gympie 10:45 Manchineel 11:22 Beautiful and dangerous Sources Convallaria majalis (toxicity; confusion with wild garlic): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convall... OHSU toxicology presentation listing lily of the valley and wild garlic as look-alikes: https://ohsu.edu/sites/default/files/... Nerium oleander (toxicity): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerium Taxus baccata (toxicity): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxus_b... Julius Caesar, The Gallic War, Book 6.31: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10657 US National Cancer Institute, Success story: Taxol: https://dtp.cancer.gov/timeline/flash... Plato, Phaedo (death of Socrates): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1658 Conium maculatum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conium_... USDA Agricultural Research Service, Water hemlock: https://www.ars.usda.gov/Research/doc... US Forest Service, Ethnobotany: belladonna: https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/e... Atropine (medical uses): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropine Robert Beverley, The History and Present State of Virginia (1705), excerpt: https://thedailygardener.org/bs20191009/ McGill Office for Science and Society on jimsonweed: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/hea... Aconitum (toxicity and names): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aconitum Woodland Trust, UK poisonous plants: https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog... US National Park Service, Nancy Hanks Lincoln: https://www.nps.gov/people/nancy-hank... Milk sickness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_si... US FDA, Hypoglycin A and ackee fruit: https://www.fda.gov/food/natural-toxi... NSW Health (Australia), Ricin and abrin factsheet: https://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infecti... Abrus precatorius (ratti weight unit): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrus_p... Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Ricin poisoning: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/disease... Georgi Markov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_... Ahram Online (2013), Bulgaria closes probe in umbrella killing after 35 years: https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/813... Smithsonian Magazine, How the 1904 marathon became one of the weirdest Olympic events of all time: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histor... Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics, men's marathon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athleti... Cornell University weed identification, Giant hogweed: https://blogs.cornell.edu/weedid/gian... Heracleum mantegazzianum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracle... University of Queensland IMB, Native stinging tree toxins match the pain of spiders and scorpions (2020): https://imb.uq.edu.au/article/2020/08... Phys.org summary of the Science Advances paper: https://phys.org/news/2020-09-native-... Guinness World Records, Most dangerous tree: https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/... Mental Floss, The manchineel: the world's most dangerous tree: https://www.mentalfloss.com/science/p... Fortingall Yew: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forting... Paclitaxel (medical uses): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paclitaxel This video is for education and curiosity, not medical advice. Never eat a wild plant you can't identify with total certainty. #herbalism #poisonousplants #plants