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of this family include the crown-ofthoms, the. pencil tree (milk bush), poinsettia, and snow-on-the-mountain. Snow-on-the-mountain can cause blisters and skin bums.
Poinsettia May Not Deserve
Reputation as Toxic
It is appropriate to note here the debate about the poinsettia. The original warnings on this plant were from a report in 1919 on a child who died in Hawaii where poinsettia is used as an outdoor ornamental. However, laboratory tests have not confirmed the toxicity of the plant when ingested. Poison control centers receive many reports each year of ingestion of poinsettia, but only occasional abdominal pain and nausea have been documented.
Members of the Solanaceas family — These plants contain solanine, a poisonous glycoalkaloid, that is
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