Poisonous plant knowledge

When traveling in the wild, especially in the jungles of the mountains and looking for food, be very careful. Because not only wild animals hurt people, plants can also hurt people. Even some plants touch can cause harm. In addition, some bacteria can cause poisoning after eating. In severe cases, it will lead to death. This is not an alarmist. Here are some poisonous plants. Please treat it carefully in the wild.

Touch the harmful plants

Some plants, once in contact with it, can be severely irritated and cause a rash. Rinse the irritated area immediately with water.

Poison tree: 2-6 meters high, trunk hairless. Odd compound leaf, ovate ovate opposite, black glands on the back, clusters of white berries.

Toadstool: Similar to poison ivy, but the tree is smaller and straightforward. Leaflets ovate, three, palmately compound, white berries.

Poison Ivy: The tree is smaller and twisted or straight. Trifoliate leaves on the compound leaves, changeable leaf shape, green flowers, white berries.

Gem grass: often associated with poison ivy. The petal is yellowish with a slight orange-red spot, and a pungent sap is emitted when the species bursts.

Edible Poisonous Plants

Some plants can cause physical discomfort after eating, and severe cases can kill people. Therefore, we must pay attention to the identification of food plants in the wild.

In addition to some toxic fungi, there are many other edible toxic digestive plants, such as the roots, skins, leaves, some wild fruits, wild vegetables, and flowers of some trees.

Deadgrass: about 30-60 cm in height, with growing bar-shaped leaves at base. The top of the flower stem is green and white and six petals. Fatal error: mistake it for wild lily or wild onion!

Poison celery and water poison celery: They are widely distributed and belong to Umbelliferae. There are many types of plants with umbels, and they are densely clustered with many small flowers and it is difficult to distinguish them.

- Poisonous celery up to 2 meters, stems more branches, hollow stems, purple spots outside. The complex pinnate compound leaves opposite, compound parachute inflorescences, florets white, and roots white. Distributed in Arakawa's wild grass. Unpleasant smell, very toxic.

- The average height of water poisonous celery is 0.6-1.3 meters. It is more branched, purple stripes are distributed on the stem, dense roots, odd-numbered compound leaves, double dentate lobule of the leaflets, inflorescence of the complex awnings, and clusters of white flowers. Always on the water's edge. The smell is unpleasant and toxic.

Umbelliferae also include a large number of edible species, but if it is not absolutely sure that it is non-toxic, do not risk taking it. Even a small amount of the toxic species can have serious consequences.

Ranunculus species: widely distributed, plant height from a few centimeters to 1 meter, from south to north. Even the Arctic Circle has rancid plants to survive. They are all bright yellow, with five or more petals.

Castor Tree: The tropical area is widely distributed, often depending on the water, small trees, wide fusiform blades with bristles, flowering branches - much like cultivated species of castor. The bristles that stimulate the skin are also similar to ramie, but they are more toxic. Seed toxicity is also very strong. So don't touch the stinging hair.

Common poisonous plants around us

Eucalyptus: The tree is often planted alongside the road. Eating raw leaves and fruits can cause gastroenteritis.

Hedgehog: Eating raw leaves and fruits can cause nausea and diarrhea.

Narcissus: The whole plant is poisonous. The bulbous toxicity is so strong that eating can cause headaches, nausea and diarrhea.

Oleander: The bark and leaves are poisonous, and eating can cause nausea and vertigo.

Begonia: Contains sourness, which can cause nausea and death. Begonias are poisonous.

Primula plants: The roots are poisonous and eating can cause nausea and diarrhea.

To identify poisonous fungi , only one by one to remember the poisonous bacteria, accept expert guidance, observe the color, smell the smell, touch and see, actually to understand. Mushrooms should pay special attention to identify whether toxic.

Folks have some ways to identify poisonous mushrooms and edible mushrooms:

1, poison mushrooms have a variety of color, but also beautiful: non-toxic mushrooms are mostly white or dark brown.

2. There is a sarcoma on the cap of the bacterium. There is a bacteriophage and a toxic bacillus on the stipe; otherwise it is non-toxic.

3, Mushrooms grow more in the dirty, moist, organic rich place; non-toxic mushrooms grow in a relatively clean place.

4. Poisonous mushrooms are easily discolored after collection, and non-toxic mushrooms are not easily discolored.

5. Mushrooms are mostly soft and juicy, and non-toxic mushrooms are more dense and fragile.

6. The turbid juice of the poisonous mushroom is like milk, and the non-toxic mushroom is clear and watery.

7, the taste of poisonous mushrooms more bitter and spicy, non-toxic mushroom is very delicious.

8, when cooking mushrooms, poison mushrooms can make silver appliances black, if you add milk, milk immediately solidified.

However, these methods are not absolutely reliable. The shape, color, ecology, and toxins of mushrooms are not necessarily linked. Some mushrooms are toxic, but after washing, boiling, drying or cooking, the toxicity will be reduced or reduced.

Eating mushrooms always follow the following principles :

1, to avoid the long white bacteria folds, the base of stems have fungus (loop attached to the circle) and the fungi on the ring stem. In any case of the cut-out wound in the umbrella fungus, the type of yellow meat should not be eaten.

2, to avoid any corruption of the fungus. Unless you can confirm that it is an edible species, throw it away. Different types of germs can cause different symptoms of poisoning. Common symptoms include vomiting, diarrhea, extreme thirst, night sweats, stigma, dizziness, blindness, and a drop in body temperature.

3, after eating poisoned mushrooms, should try to exclude toxic substances, in addition to warm saline water enema, diarrhea, people who do not vomit after poisoning, but also drink a lot of dilute saline or throat vomiting caused by fingers, with 1% saline Or gastric tea repeatedly gastric lavage, so as to prevent the body from continuing to absorb toxins.

Edible wild plants and fungi are more nutritious than cultivating vegetables, but do not try to use drugs. If you can't tell whether it is poisonous or not, then it's best to give up.