Many people do not know what the plant contains toxic and can be harmful to the body. As quoted from HowStuffWorks, there are five most toxic plants known, namely:
1. Oleander Nerium

However this plant is often used as decoration and comes from the Mediterranean region with a high reaching 1.8 to 5.4 meters.
If swallowed leaves that contain these toxins will cause symptoms of diarrhea, vomiting, severe abdominal pain, drowsiness, dizziness, irregular heartbeat and death. If the victim was helped before 24 hours, the opportunity for high survival. Usually patients are encouraged to throw up by pumping the stomach or eat activated charcoal to absorb poison.
2. Water Hemlock

Toxins contained in this plant is called with an existing cicutoxin all plants and most concentrated in the roots. This toxin causes a stiff and painful cramps, nausea, vomiting, cramps and tremors (shaking) muscle. Even if the survivors of this poison will usually suffer from amnesia.
3. Rosary Pea
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Abrin toxin ricin is more deadly than, for less than three micrograms of abrin or not until one has enough deadly seed. Symptoms that arise are difficult breathing, fever, nausea, there is fluid in the lungs. If the seeds are ingested can cause nausea, vomiting, dehydration, kidney failure, liver and spleen. Death usually occurs within 3-5 days.
4. Deadly Nightshade (Kecubung)
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Existing toxin can affect the nervous system. In sufficient doses, the toxin will paralyze the nerve endings of muscles, such as blood vessels, heart and gastrointestinal muscle. Symptoms that arise are enlarged or widened pupils, more sensitive to light, blurred vision, headache, confusion and seizures. Swallow these two fruits can kill a child, if 10-20 can kill an adult fruit.
5.Castor Bean
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Most of the ricin concentrated in the seed layer, thus taking three seeds of this plant can kill a child. This seed poisoning symptoms are nausea, abdominal cramps, vomiting, internal bleeding, kidney failure and circulation. Besides the dust in these seeds can also cause allergic reactions such as coughing, muscle pain and difficulty breathing.
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