Deadly Plants: From Belladonna to the Gympie-Gympie

What’s the world’s most dangerous plant? Which notorious stinging nettle is capable of an aerial attack? And what the heck is a hemicryptophyte? 

Join Shane and Duncan as they explore the wild world of toxic foliage in this week’s lush, leafy, and lethal episode of MFFI. 

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In this episode:  

• Atropa Belladonna (Deadly Nightshade)
• Herbaceous, Perennial, Rhizomatous, Hemicryptophyte
• Augustus and Livia
• Atropine
• Daffodil (Narcissus Poeticus)
• Lycorine
• Castor Bean (Ricinus Communis) 
• 1978 Umbrella Murder (Georgi Markov)
• Ricin Poison
• Gympie-Gympie (Dendrocnide Moroides)
• Gubbi-Gubbi
• Phototoxic Giant Hogweed (Heracleum Mantegazzianum)
• Tangent: Corpse Bloom (Amorphophallus Titanium)
• Hemlock (Conium Maculatum)
• Socrates
• Nerium-Oleander
• The Deadliest Plant on Earth

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