Hey plant twitter! Are there any examples of plants that taste good but will kill you? Or even make you very sick? Just plants, not fungi.
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Replying to @TamarHaspel
Debatable whether it tastes "good", but liquorice can cause hyperkalemia and there are reports of people dying after eating too much https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/black-licorice-trick-or-treat#:~:text=Glycyrrhizin%20can%20cause%20potassium%20levels,lethargy%2C%20and%20congestive%20heart%20failure ….
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Replying to @GidMK @TamarHaspel
Nutmeg is poisonous in high quantities, but you'd have to really love the stuff to actually ingest enough to cause harm (most people try it as an alternative to recreational drugs I think)https://emj.bmj.com/content/22/3/223 …
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