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Oleandrin: Trump recently hosted Andrew Whitney, who has a limited health background. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2020 OP
That reminds me wasn't Trump supposed to doc03 Aug 2020 #1
I know oleander as a tropical flowering plant malaise Aug 2020 #2
When I lived in Tampa, we were constantly warned about oleander. People used them to... TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #3
From Wikipedia... TreasonousBastard Aug 2020 #4
I am terrified about this malaise Aug 2020 #5

malaise

(268,604 posts)
2. I know oleander as a tropical flowering plant
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 06:34 PM
Aug 2020

It is extremely poisonous - both the leaves and flowers can kill you. My mom had two or three of them in her garden. They were used for funeral wreathes



Unlike some toxic plants, the oleander is poisonous to most animals as well as humans. A single ingested oleander leaf can kill a child. Ingestion of oleander results in diarrhea, vomiting, intense stomach pain, drowsiness, dizziness, an irregular heartbeat, and often, death.

Oleander is among the top 10 of all poisonous plants.

More here
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3089829/


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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
3. When I lived in Tampa, we were constantly warned about oleander. People used them to...
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 07:16 PM
Aug 2020

decorate birthday cakes and poisoned children. I thought oleander was one of the Borgia's favorites.

Like with water hyacinths and pythons, someone thought it would be neat to perk up the area with foreign beauty.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
4. From Wikipedia...
Sun Aug 9, 2020, 07:18 PM
Aug 2020
Oleandrin - Wikipedia
Search domain en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleandrinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleandrin

Oleandrin is a toxic cardiac glycoside found in oleander (Nerium oleander L.).Along with conessine it is primarily responsible for the toxicity of the sap of oleander. Oleandrin has been used for many years in China and Russia for its properties as a cardiac glycoside, for both suicidal and therapeutic purposes as in treatment of cardiac insufficiency


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