Poisonous Plants -
Household & Garden Substances
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| Common Name | Botanical Name | Details |
| Pokeweed | Phytolacca americana | Toxic if eaten, causing nausea and vomiting |
| Poppy (unripe seedpod) | Papaver species | Harmful if eaten in quantity. |
| Prickly Poppy | Argemone mexicana | Harmful if eaten in quantity. |
| Primrose (leaves) | Primula vulgaris | Upset stomach. May cause dermatitis |
| Privet (leaves) | Ligustrum species | Harmful if eaten in quantity. |
| Ragwort | Senecio species | Causes kidney failure and liver damage which is irreversible. Minute Doses Fatal - often wrongly diagnosed. |
| Raisins | Causes kidney failure Can Be Fatal |
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| Rape | Brassicus napus | Haemolytic anaemia, blindness, damage to nervous system, digestive disorders, breathing problems. |
| Red-ink Plant | Phytolacca americana | Toxic if eaten, causing nausea and vomiting. |
| Rhododendron | Rhododendron species | Nausea, vomiting, depression, difficulty breathing and coma - Can Be Fatal |
| Rhubarb (leaves) | Rheum species | Large amounts of raw or cooked leaves can cause convusions and coma Can Be Fatal |
| Rosebay | Rhododendron aureum | Toxic if eaten, causing nausea and vomiting. |
| Rose Periwinkle | Catharanthus roseus | Harmful if eaten in quantity. |
| Rue | Ruta graveolens | Toxic if eaten, causing nausea and vomiting. May cause a skin allergy. |
| Sago Palm | Cycas revoluta | Can Be Fatal |
| Savin | Juniperus sabina | Harmful if eaten in quantity. |
| Schefflera | Brassaia actinophylla | Harmful if eaten in quantity. May cause a skin allergy |
| Silkweed | Asclepias species | Harmful if eaten in quantity. |
| Solomon's Seal | Polygonatum | Harmful if eaten in quantity. |
| Spider Plant | Chlorophytum species | May cause vomiting and salivation. |
| Spurge | Euphorbia species | Harmful if eaten in quantity. May cause a skin allergy. |
| Squill | Scillia species | Harmful if eaten in quantity. |
| Star of Bethlehem (bulbs) | Ornithogalum species | Harmful if eaten in quantity. |
| Starflower | Smalacina stellata | Harmful if eaten in quantity. |
