Australian Botanical Illustration
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Australian National Herbarium

Plant Name

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Euonymus europaeus

CELASTRACEAE

European Spindle Tree, Poison Wood

These plants are dangerously poisonous because of their violently purgative action. All parts of the tree are considered to be poisonous.

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Euonymus japonicus

CELASTRACEAE

Spindle Tree

These plants are dangerously poisonous because of their violently purgative action.

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Euonymus sp.

CELASTRACEAE

Spindle Tree

These plants are dangerously poisonous because of their violently purgative action. Their history as poisonous plants dates back to Theophrastus, several centuries before Christ.

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Euphorbia peplus

EUPHORBIACEAE

Petty Spurge

These plants are dangerously poisonous. They are often found as weeds in gardens.

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Euphorbia pulcherrima

EUPHORBIACEAE

Poinsettia

This plant is dangerously poisonous. It is the emblem of Brisbane in Queensland. The leaves, sap and seeds are poisonous.

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Gelsemium sempervirens

LOGANIACEAE

Carolina Jasmine ,Yellow Jasmine, Jessamine, False Jasmine

This plant can prove fatally poisonous. It is poisonous in all its parts.

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Gyromitra sp.

HELVELLACEAE

False Morel, Lorchel

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