FlytrapCare Carnivorous Plant Forums

Let's talk about plants that kill for sport. Plants that use deadly force in the name of self-defense, or plants that murder for fun. Carnivorous plants are the Jeffrey Dahmers of the plant world; now let's see some Jack the Ripper.

If you grow any murder-plants, let's see them!

As an incentive, I have the following murderous seeds to share:
Papaver somniferum
Nicotiana tabacum
Ricinus communus

I need to grab a picture, but we have an enormous black walnut tree that poisons everything around it.

I kind of like Devil's Claw, Proboscidea louisianica.

andynorth wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:17 pm It seems to me that the first two are deadly to humans/ Opium and Tabaco are both deadly to humans and castor oil, well, I don't know.

Ricin! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_i ... ving_ricin

andynorth wrote: ↑Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:20 pm I'm confused. Are these products used to produce ricin or what?

Castor beans contain ricin.

I used to have Nicotiana tabacum with sticky hairs on the stems full of dead bugs. It had nice-looking flowers.

andynorth wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 7:39 pm Cashews are also poisonous until cleaned after being harvested.

True! They are in the same plant family as poison ivy. ACK! How could I forget poison ivy?? I HATE THAT STUFF. SO. MUCH.

You just need to rub it off before it starts.

evenwind wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:09 pm I dunno. Does this count?model-3-tree.jpg

Hmm, maybe we need a separate thread for KAMIKAZE plants.