Why be wary of beautiful plants?
Bad seeds by Katia Astafieff © Dunod Editions
By: Caroline Lachowsky
2 min
Why be wary of beautiful plants?
Nettles, peppers, cannabis or the dreaded datura, carnivorous or poisonous plants ... What secrets are hidden in plants that sting, burn and kill?
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Let's take seed today by learning to beware of beautiful plants: nettles, chili, cannabis, giant hogweed or Datura ... What are the secrets of these plants that sting, burn and can even kill?
Toxic, carnivorous, hallucinatory, allergenic or invasive?
How does tobacco smoke us?
Why does the onion make us cry?
Where does the itching hair come from?
How far can the poppy flower take us?
What is the most dangerous tree in the world?
With
Katia Astafieff
,
biologist passionate about travel and deputy director of the Botanical Gardens of Grand Nancy and the University of Lorraine, for her book
M
auvaises grains: the surprising history of plants that sting, burn and kill,
published by Dunod.
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