Common slander - a poisonous plant in your garden

Every amateur gardener in our country wants to equip in one way or another tropical corner in your garden, which is why palm trees and palmaceae are in such great demand in plant stores. one of the palm-like plants is ordinary slander. Because of its palmately divided leaves and branched stems, the common calve is often called a garden palm. Indeed, its homeland is tropical and subtropical forests, but quite often it can be found in almost all corners of the globe, where it is warm, humid and sunny to one degree or another.

But common slander has nothing to do with the palm family, since it belongs to the euphorbia family, and this plant is famous not so much for its leaves and growth, but healing and poisonous properties. Namely, common slander is a source of castor oil, which is widely used as a laxative and is also used to strengthen hair. But you should know that the seeds of common slander deadly poisonous, therefore, you must be extremely careful when handling this plant. For children, the lethal dose is 6 seeds, for adults - 20 pieces.

Grow slander ordinary is quite simple. All you need to do is throw the seeds into the ground in a sunny area. It grows quickly and does not require special care.To decorate a garden or flower bed, you can trim the apical and lateral shoots, giving the desired shape and growth. Although the plant itself looks quite impressive, it can grow very large.