Beautiful Flowers That Can Kill You

11 MAY 2024

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Nerium Oleander

From root to sap, every part of this plant is life-threatening if ingested. Even if the Nerium oleander is burning and inhaling its smoke, it can also cause health issues. Besides, the honey made by using the Nerium Oleander nectar turns poisonous.

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Aconitum

Aconitum looks like a devil’s helmet because of its cap type shape but do you know these beautiful flowers can be poisonous enough to paralyse the cardiac muscles or the complete respiratory system.

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Dracunculus Vulgaris

Dracunculus Vulgaris is commonly known as Stink Lily, Voodoo Lily and Snake Lily. It releases the aroma of rotting meat and is a way of attracting flies towards it. These flies help in pollinating it, but unfortunately, the smell vanishes in a day.

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Rafflesia Arnoldii

Do you know - rafflesia arnoldii is the largest individual flower in the world, weighing 15 pounds (6.8 kilograms) and can reach up to 3 feet in height. This puffy, giant, polka-dotted looks strange and different in itself.

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Titan Arum

Titan Arum is one of the most fascinating and dangerous flowers in the world. While it only blooms for a brief period of three days, the Titan Arum releases a fleshy smell that can be incredibly toxic and overpowering. 

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Deadly Nightshade

No denying, Deadly Nightshade is hands down one of the most deadly flowers to humans that comprises medicinal properties as well. The bell-shaped flowers can be found in hues like purple and green.

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Angel’s Trumpet

Angel’s Trumpet is undeniably one of the most dangerous flowers in the world. These pastel pink flowers may look alluring but can cause dangerous side effects, also known as the zombie effect. If you eat them, you might experience the incapability of retaining new memories that leave you helpless.

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Morning Glory

The name and flower look enticing, but its seeds can be highly poisonous if consumed in large quantities. With its seeds on it can hallucinate in different ways, and this toxic flower can cause vomiting and diarrhoea too.

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Foxglove

This plant may look nice and sweet but contains significant toxicity. Many, this bell-shaped plant is loved, but its flowers, seeds, and leaves can cause vomiting, drooling, seizures, dilated pupils, and death of a person.

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Larkspur

Do not go on this beautiful colour because Larkspur can cause weakness, drolling, abdominal pain, paralysis and death in humans if injected. This poisonous flower may look captivating but has major side effects.