My people pls If you have a plant like the one in the picture below, get rid of it.

This plant is very common at our houses, gardens, parks and offices (popular as indoor & outdoor plant). The plant (Dumb Cane or Dieffenbachia) is now proven to be dangerous, so, please take care!

I know that the leaf of this plant causes itching if its sap (milk) touches your skin. But there are more dangerous facts! Read the details below.May be useful for you. You better believe it. Please read below.

One of my friends almost lost her daughter who put a piece of the leaf of this plant in her mouth and her tongue swelled to the point of suffocation. This is one plant but there are others with the same characteristics of coloring. Those are also poisonous and we should get rid of them.

Please watch out for our children. As we all leave our children at home in the hands of a nanny, we should give them a safe environment where they can play.Name: Dumb Cane or Dieffenbachia

"This plant that we have in our homes and offices is extremely dangerous! This plant is common in Rwanda. It is a deadly poison, most specially for the children. It can kill a kid in less than a minute and an adult in 15 minutes. It should be uprooted from gardens and taken out of offices. If touched, one should never touch his/her eyes; it can cause partial or permanent blindness." SHARE PLS.

PLEASE WE NEED THIS TO HIT THE FRONT PAGE IF IT'S CONFIRMED TRUE.

Hmmm...

There's another variant, but speckled with red and has cocoyam shaped leaves. Same genus?

Not sure cos I use to play wit dis plant wen I was little I used it in playing "cooking" wit small containers but nothing happened to me. I also knw some homes where dey use it as a decoration

Thanks 4 d info

thanks sir

Ms_Steph: Not sure cos I use to play wit dis plant wen I was little I used it in playing "cooking" wit small containers but nothing happened to me. I also knw some homes where dey use it as a decoration

Same here but my throat was itching afterwards.

Heeeeeeeeeeee!
May God help us o
We use to call this plant "flower" and I don't know if we are right, but we have it plenty plenty in our compound. I think I need to show my hubby this thread, so that he can agree and support me in uprooting them.

Thanks, @op

We used 2 have this plant in our compound, we call it flower, I remember a day my little sister fell into it,†̥ђe̶̲̥̅ next thing we saw was dat, she was itching all over, she cried dat day ehn!! but †̥ђe̶̲̥̅ itching did not subside until we rubbbed palm oil over her.. †̥ђe̶̲̥̅ milky sap in plant is dangerous..

Thata probably why the faux versions can be found in offices and hotels as opposed to the real thing...

Good looking out with the info.

MabraO:
I could remember when I was still little I bit a small part of that plant
The itching I got on my tongue wasn't pleasing I nearly cut my tongue off.
But thank God after few hours or minutes if itching it finally stopped.

Thanks for d enlightenment op

How are you doing dearie? Longest time.

Good post Etumgbe. Heath advisories like yours take just a moment to read, yet have the potential to avert disaster in many households and public spaces.


There is no question that the timely information you have provided, accompanied by that very clear photograph, will enable lives to be saved by preemptive removal of the plant wherever it exists in areas accessible to children.

MabraO:


Am just 4weeks old

Yea been a while
How is studies?

Just there, how's camp?

MabraO:


Camp has long been over
In my place of primary assignment now

Oh never knew, all the best.

@Etumgbe: Just tell your children not to graze on the leaves; they are not goats

nd this plant dey our compound like flower...

mak i reach house... i go use cutlass romance am!

thanks op...

Killer House Plant Warning

Outline
Message claims that an indoor plant that is commonly kept in homes and offices is so poisonous that it can kill a child in less than a minute and an adult in 15 minutes. The message, which comes with a photograph of the "killer plant", also warns that touching the plant and then rubbing your eyes can cause permanent blindness.

Brief Analysis
The plant shown in the photograph that comes with this warning email is a dieffenbachia, a very popular indoor pot plant. If the leaves of dieffenbachia are ingested by humans or animals, poisoning can indeed occur. However, this warning message significantly exaggerates the severity of dieffenbachia poisoning. Deaths from dieffenbachia poisoning can occur, but are very rare. Most human poisoning cases result in relatively minor symptoms and the victim makes a full recovery.

Read here for a full analysis of the hoax: http://www.hoax-slayer.com/killer-house-plant-warning.shtml