Plants with poisonous roots

Can be accepted, that a plant with poisonous roots also has poisonous leaves, stem, Flowers and juice. Such an example is granuloma, which is enough to touch, that bubbles appear on the skin. However, there are exceptions to this rule. The roots and rhizomes of some plants, deadly poisonous, they become
edible after cooking. If you are not entirely sure, Have you recognized the plant correctly, Don't eat her.

Plants with poisonous roots

Manioc (Manihot)
The root tubers of this plant are terribly poisonous. Before consumption, they must be by 48 Hours soaked in water, and then cooked.

Trumpet narcissus (Narcissus)
Called incorrectly daffodil, You can easily get to know it from yellow trumpet flowers. If there is no flower, it is better not to touch the plant.

Mud (Calla)
Also called calla, has very characteristic flowers. They are actually inflorescences from the inside white, green from the outside. Grows in the forest swamps of Eurasia and North America. The roots of this plant can be eaten or grinded to flour (see s. 92), But you have to cook before. They are harshly poisonous. Other parts of the plant contain toxins.

Color (Colocasia)
It grows in wet areas in the entire zone between the tropics. Achieves 1,5 m in height, Has oblong leaves and yellow-orange flowers. Her big tubers are poisonous raw, However, after cooking, they are suitable for food; Potatoes resemble taste.

Pochrzyn (Dioscorea)
Cultivated in subtropical and intertrinous areas due to edible tubers. Some species, however, have poison tubers, when they are consumed raw. Because it is difficult to distinguish them from the others, It's best to always peel and cook them. The plant has large heart -shaped leaves, It often grows with tree trunks.

White -flowered chorea (Cynanclium vincetoxicum)
It is pointed, heart -shaped leaves and small flowers. Eaten – roots and pods cause vomiting, and thus – water loss by the body. The milk juice of this plant is also toxic. Occurs in moderate zone countries.

Snow (Ornthogalum)
This moderate climate plant achieves 30 cm in height. Its bulbs are suitable for food, But only after cooking. Other parts of the plant are inedible.

Other poisonous roots
Wild potato tubers (Solanum) They are suitable for food, But only after cooking. However, tomato -like potato fruits are poisonous. Wild tomatoes (Lycopersicon), whose fruits are edible, They look so much like a potato fruit so much, that it is better to avoid one, and others. Zygadenus (Zigadenus) has onions very similar to onions, but he is deadly poisonous. Underground glaucoma parts are also fatal (Ranunculus), as well as a bulbous rhizome of venomous scarf, also called ticky (Hemlock).

It is very difficult to distinguish between poisonous roots, rhizomes and other underground parts of plants from edible, Therefore, it is better to avoid eating them at all.