Are adeniums toxic?
Jake13
11 years ago
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Why oh why do stores not list toxic plants?!
Comments (22)The above-linked University of Nebraska page is a little sketchy: "Crincum" and "Huemanthus" are misspelled: they mean Crinum and Haemanthus. Anthurium spp., Adenium obesum (desert rose), Aglaonema cvv. (Chinese evergreen), and Coffea arabica (coffee plant) aren't on the list at all, despite being reasonably popular houseplants. Adenium is even toxic enough to be dangerous, and they still leave it off the list. Cotyledon spp. are in fact toxic, whatever they tell you. Poinciana gilliesii is called a bird-of-paradise, but it's not the bird-of-paradise people grow indoors as a houseplant. The houseplant is Strelitzia reginae and/or S. nicolai. Is Poinciana toxic? Is Strelitzia? Which one are they talking about? Boston ivy is misidentified (Parthenocissus quinquefolia is Virginia creeper; Boston ivy is Parthenocissus tricuspidata) and not ordinarily grown indoors. Corn plants (Dracaena fragrans) may or may not be toxic to people, but they are to pets, even though they've got them listed as non-toxic. Crotons (Codiaeum variegatum) do not produce "croton oil:" that's a different thing from a different plant (Croton tiglium), which is confusingly also called a croton. Only Codiaeum is used as a houseplant. And those are just the problems between A and C. They don't seem overly concerned with accurate identification, toxicity to pets, distinguishing between houseplants and outdoor plants, or noting that even among plants which are toxic, some are more dangerous than others....See MoreSafer's soap (Trounce for aphids & other on Adeniums
Comments (13)Well I agree that in general insecticides are overused. And herbicide weed killers and fungicide products too. But systemic just means it moves in the plant. Imidacloprid is a systemic very similar to nicotine. It's bad for some beneficial organisms like bees, but used properly isn't bad for human health. It works on a chemical pathway that insects have that we don't. I always try to use the most natural least toxic solution, and don't agree with the indiscriminate use of chemicals some people do, but at the same time modern science has created some pretty useful stuff, if we are smart about it, careful, follow directions and read labels chemical intervention is sometimes the best solution. Just my two cents :)...See MoreAdenium carving!
Comments (6)I gather you can do some pretty extensive and vicious stuff to bonsais without really hurting them too much. Wonder if this works the same way or not. The people carving this, on the other hand... don't adeniums leak toxic goo if you puncture them?...See MorePachypodium toxicity?
Comments (1)Pretty much all the members of the Apocynaceae family are regarded as toxic. Some species are obviously more or less toxic than others. As for Pachypodium, they are pretty toxic, just like their close cousins Adeniums. Sap from P. lamereri is used as an arrow poison by local populations. Despite being poisonous, it is still considered relatively "safe" plant. The sharp spines (on the species that have them) do a pretty good job a preventing any major consumption. Moreover, the taste of the leaves and sap is terrible, which acts to self-limit the amount of poison ingested. For those two reasons, they are generally considered OK to keep around pets. After reading up on this a while back and convincing myself it was safe, I brought a P. lamerei inside from some cold weather. One of my cats promptly chewed on a leaf, vomited, and steared clear of the plant ever after. My other cat wouldn't get near it in the first place....See MoreAggie2
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