The swollen bases of the stems and unusually thick roots have horizontal chambers inside, a feature that helps identify this deadly poiso...Read Morenous plant.
The toxins rapidly affect the nervous system, causing severe convulsions and usually death.
Children have been fatally poisoned by blowing on whistles made from the hollow stems.
The swollen bases of the stems and unusually thick roots have horizontal chambers inside, a feature that helps identify this deadly poiso...Read More