Sir / Madam, I often read about toxic properties of various plants posted in this group. It makes me wonder do we have any such list - a list of medicinal plants, a list of poisonous plants, a list of weeds... so on.
I remember, in 1984, at Bally (Howrah), a few people died out of consuming puffer fish, as far as i can remember this fish was known as TANPA MACH in Bengali - http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8046/1/Marine_Fisheries_Information_Service_Vol_63.pdf. The news made me curious to know about more on puffer fish. At that time i read that it was a sort of delicacy in Japan, but i don't know if it is a fact or not. Before i search for list of poisonous plants let me see the puffer fish first, google offers - - what is puffer fish - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraodontidae - what is its interaction with us, human beings - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraodontidae#Human_interaction - do Japanese eat this fish - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugu - favourite dish in China - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugu#History Well, that is enough for me. Now, let me turn to flora world and search if any list of poisonous plants is available in the net - - a list in wiki = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_poisonous_plants - another list at another website - http://kinne.net/poi-list.htm - yet another - http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/poison.html - poisonous plants in India - http://www.medicinalplants-herbs.com/2010/07/poisonous-plants-list-in-india-with.html - and this one claims to be from The Children Hospital of Eastern Ontario - http://www.pioneerthinking.com/gardening/pests-problems/toxic.html Do we have such a list in this group? Or any book, authenticated by Indian Govt. or by any recognized university? Thank you & Regards, Surajit Koley
