Poisonous houseplants

Of course, do not immediately indiscriminatelythrow out all the flowers. Moreover, they do not carry any harm from the beginning. The plant itself does not emit any toxic gases into the air and does not poison us. Just the juice of the plant can get on the mucous membrane and cause irritation and burning (at best). With the worst development of events, you can seriously be poisoned, leading to a fatal outcome. To prevent this from happening to you or your children, what poisonous houseplants grow in our homes.

All indoor plants are divided into different families. For your convenience, we list the poisonous domestic plants that belong to a particular family.

Family aralievyh:

• ivy


• polis


• fatsia


• promissory

Family of aroids:

• aglaonema


• alocasia


• anthurium


• arisema


• diffenbachia


• zandedeskia (calla or rishardia)


• zamiokulkas


• caladium


• monsters


• syngonium


• spathiphyllum


• scindapsus


• philodendron

The family of amaryllis:

• amaryllis belladonna


• hippeastrum hybrid


• hymenocallis


• hemanthus


• clypea


• eucharis

Family kutrovyh:

• adenium


• allamanda


• diplanization


• cataract


• oleander


• pachypodium

Family of Solanaceae:

• bromeliad


• brunfelsia


• nightshade

Family of Euphorbia:

• spurge


• croton


• poinsettia


• akalifa


• jatropha

The list of poisonous plants can be supplemented with other colors that refer to other families not listed above: azalea, asparagus, gloriosa, yellow jasmine, cyclamen and ficus.

Some of the above-mentioned houseplantscontain poison either in leaves, like a monster, or in bulbs, like amaryllis. Others poison the juice. Not all plants cause severe poisoning, but only irritation of the mucosa. But we should never forget that there is the most poisonous houseplants, when contacting with which you should be very careful:

• all kinds of ivy


• all kinds of ficus


• all kinds of milkweed


• syngonium


• alocasia


• philodendron


• anthurium


• diffenbachia


• croton


• poinsettia


• akalifa


• Japanese aucuba


• glirosis


• oleander


• hoya

When transplanting the above-mentioned indoor plants, always be extremely careful. Work only in gloves, because evengetting the juice on the skin can cause severe irritation. And if the juice of the indoor plant gets accidentally on the skin of the lips or the mucous membrane of the tongue, the consequences will be very bad.

Never forget about our smaller brothers: birds, dogs, cats and rodents. Many plants are also poisonous to them. For example, aloe, the juice of which is used in masks and for the rapid healing of wounds. It turns out that aloe juice can cause diarrhea in rodents.

But if birds, dogs and rodents are easy enoughkeep away from houseplants, then cats that walk not only on their own, but also where they want, can try "on the tooth" a poisonous plant. All lovers of cats know that these animals often eat grass, but they can inadvertently eat and poisonous for them a plant. Fortunately, cats are smart enough not to eat all the plants, they see the trough in front of them. But still you should know which poisonous plants for cats can grow at home:

• philodendron


• monsters


• diffenbachia


• scindapsus


• spathiphyllum


• caladium


• hydrangea


• all the milkweed


• all ficuses


• calla


• azalea


• asparagus


• gippeastrum


• amaryllis


• primrose


• promissory

In addition, there are still a lot of plants,which can be poisonous for your cat, let them and do not grow in your house. You can bring them in flower bouquets or in pots. Such plants include chrysanthemum, iris, lily of the valley, hyacinth, narcissus, lupine, aconite, snowdrop, delphinium, digitalis and crocus.

Always be careful with any poisonous plants. Keep the pots of flowers where they are notchildren will be able to reach. And to protect the cat, you can grease the leaves of the plant with lemon juice from time to time. The smell of citrus will scare your furry pet from any plants.