8 common plants that are deadly to children

A toddler who is discovering the world puts everything in his mouth. And if an older child can and should be explained the dangers of some beautiful flowers and delicious berries, then with a one-year-old baby, a mother needs to be on the alert and know the "green enemy" in person.

Dear parents, be careful, explain to your children and remember for yourself – eight poisonous plants, contact with which should be avoided.

SPOTTED HEMEL

It grows almost everywhere outside the city and in wastelands in the city. This is an umbrella plant with a very unpleasant smell, if you inhale it for a long time, your head will start to hurt. When ingested, swallowing and speech are disturbed, nausea, cramps, pale skin appear, saliva flows, dilated pupils do not react to light. Ascending paralysis, having reached the heart muscle, stops the heart.

BLACK BLACK

An unusual plant with large yellowish flowers in scaly patterns and a dark purple core. It has an unpleasant odor and sticky leaves in the hairs. The interesting fruits of the blekota, similar to cups with lids, can attract a curious child. If you swallow any part of the plant, it will start with a headache, thirst, dilated pupils, dry mouth, tachycardia, and can end in coma and death.

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BELLADONNNE

It grows in the forest, where there is more light - in clearings. Beautiful lilac-gray flowers in the shape of a rounded cup and juicy black fruits the size of a cherry - I really want to try it. When swallowing, the voice becomes hoarse, the pupils dilate and do not react to light, tachycardia is observed, the mouth and throat burn, saliva dries up. The poison paralyzes the lungs, which provokes cardiac arrest and death.

POISON HEM (CICUTE)

A large umbrella plant, the umbrellas are separated from each other, each with a white lush inflorescence. It has the smell of celery and a sweet taste. It can be found near the river, in holes, and swampy areas. When poisoned by the veku, after 20 minutes, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, salivation, and seizures begin, which end fatally.

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Common Datura

Recently, you can even find it in a flowerbed! This is a bush with large white trumpet-shaped flowers, large leaves with serrated edges. It likes damp places, grows near roads, in front gardens. If it gets into the stomach, severe vomiting, headache, speech disorders, tachycardia, dryness of saliva, hoarse voice, dilated pupils begin.

ACONITE

A shrub with beautiful purple bell-shaped flowers, it grows where it is wet - near rivers, in the mountains. Insects die from aconite pollen, if it gets into a person's mouth, it causes burns to the mucous membrane, convulsions, vomiting, involuntary urination, shortness of breath, dilated pupils, and as a result - death.

DAPHNE

A small shrub with bright juicy berries and very fragrant lilac flowers. Skin contact with this plant can cause blisters and burns, especially in children and allergy sufferers. Poisoning causes stomach pain, drooling, severe vomiting and cramps.

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BORSCHIVNYK SOSNOVSKY

It can be found near rivers, especially swampy ones, in the forest, on wastelands. The plant is very large, up to 3 m, the leaves at the base are very large. The substance from the leaves of the hogweed, when it comes into contact with the skin, makes it completely defenseless against ultraviolet radiation, which causes 1-3 degree burns in the sun. The plant is especially dangerous for allergy sufferers.