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06-12-2022, 01:54 PM
Aisha Rimi
Tue, 6 December 2022 at 5:37 am
A five-year-old boy in India has died after consuming the seeds of a highly poisonous plant.
After the boy ate the seeds of a plant called rosary pea, scientifically known as Abrus Precatorius, he developed seizures, went into a coma, and died within 24 hours.
His seven-year-old brother also ingested the seeds but was saved by doctors at a hospital in New Delhi.
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Rosary peas are one of the world's most toxic plants, and if eaten, the toxin can be as fatal as snake venom.
The plant is native to India and other parts of tropical Asia, and can also be found in Florida and Hawaii, and the seeds are red with a black spot covering one end.
The poison, abrin, is similar to ricin which is a toxin that is also found in the seeds of a plant – the castor bean plant. However, abrin is 30 times more lethal.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/boy-5-dies-eat...17899.html
Tue, 6 December 2022 at 5:37 am
A five-year-old boy in India has died after consuming the seeds of a highly poisonous plant.
After the boy ate the seeds of a plant called rosary pea, scientifically known as Abrus Precatorius, he developed seizures, went into a coma, and died within 24 hours.
His seven-year-old brother also ingested the seeds but was saved by doctors at a hospital in New Delhi.
......
Rosary peas are one of the world's most toxic plants, and if eaten, the toxin can be as fatal as snake venom.
The plant is native to India and other parts of tropical Asia, and can also be found in Florida and Hawaii, and the seeds are red with a black spot covering one end.
The poison, abrin, is similar to ricin which is a toxin that is also found in the seeds of a plant – the castor bean plant. However, abrin is 30 times more lethal.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/boy-5-dies-eat...17899.html
