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    What is the world's deadliest plant?

    Question #55907. Asked by vanks. (Mar 13 05 8:44 AM)


    Flynn_17

    		I should imagine it is Deadly Nightshade.

    Mar 13 05, 1:52 PM
    dejavucub4

    		Tobacco, though not the world's dealiest plant, kills the most people, followed next by the opium poppy, used to make heroin.

    Mar 13 05, 4:57 PM
    Baloo55th

    		Deadly nightshade isn't the worst. If we don't count the Death Cap fungus, then possibly the deadliest is the Castor Oil Plant, or Castor Bean Plant. One milligram of ricin from it can kill an adult (and it can be applied to umbrella ferules to kill Bulgarian exiles.) The castor oil formerly used in medicine had the ricin removed in processing.

    Incidental info: the Castrol company derives its name from the castor oil based lubricants it was founded to produce. That funny smell from racing motorbikes, in the UK, at least, is Cazzie R. They do more mineral based stuff now.

    Mar 13 05, 6:12 PM

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