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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Cerbera odollam

Family:: Apocynaceae
Malay name: Buta buta, Pong pong
Other names: Pong pong, yellow eyed cerbera

Information

This plant can reach heights of up to 12 meters. It has a white colored flowers are quite fragrant and the gray bars. The fruit is round like the ball is colored green and pink color when cooked and then colored black.

Use

Fish and rat poison.

  
Poisoned

Toxic Part: Seeds, leaves

Active ingredients: Cardiac glycoside type Cerberin, neriifolin,


Effects of Poisoning

Seeds of this plant can cause nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, weak pulse, low blood pressure, fatigue, abdominal pain, abnormal heart rate and pupil expands. In severe cases, convulsions and coma may result.

Leaves of this plant can also affect the Central Nervous System.

Centella asiatica

Introduction

Family:: Apiaceae
Malay name: Chenkian, Chemekian, Tuba Kian
Other names: Hydrocotyle asiatica, Gotu Kola, Asya Sutasi, Brahmi, Pennywort, Marsh Penny, Pegagan, Penggaga, White rot, Buabok, Hydrocotyle cordifolia.

Information

Green plants creeping on the ground. It is kidney-shaped with a long handle 20 cm. The flowers are small, less than 3mm and pink or reddish.

Local use

The reported use of drugs include a fever, tonic, diuretic, anti-bacterial, antispasma, antiintinflamasi, hypotensive and insecticide.

It is also used as the reinforcement of memory, skin disease, dislocation, leprosy, antialergi agents, anticancer, hypotensive, stimulant. It is also used to treat kidney stones, bloody urine, venereal disease, wounds, sores and sore throats.

It is also said to be a young preservatives.
Poisoned

Toxic Part: Leaves

Active Ingredients: Asiaticoside, Centelloside, Brahmoside, Brahminoside, Hydrocotylin, Tanik and Vellarin acid.
Other Ingredients: Thankuniside, Inadecassik acid, Madecassoside, Madecassic Asiatic acid and acid

Effects of Poisoning

Can cause skin irritation or dermatitis. At high doses of this plant may affect the stimulation of the brain and cause headaches, drowsiness and coma.

Asiaticoside have a carcinogenic effect while Brahmoside and Brahminoside also has a sedative effect.

Croton tiglium

Introduction

Family:: Euphorbiaceae
Malay name: Chenkian, Chemekian, Tuba Kian
Other names: Purging Croton, Croton, Hogwort

Information

These types of herbal plants can grow and reach a height of 12 meters. It has green leaves and arranged in alternating and has a hairy surface. The fruit is a small plant and capsule form.

Use

The plant is reportedly used in traditional treatments for treating abdominal pain, toothache, sore throat, tumors, and snake bites. Oil from the seeds is also reportedly used to treat skin diseases.

Excess

Used in the manufacture of soap.

  
Poisoned

Toxic Part: Entire plant, especially seeds.

Active Ingredients: Oil kroton which contains 14 kinds of fatty acid ester. For example, phorbol-12 0.13-diesters, and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate.
Other Ingredients: Toxalbumin

Effects of Poisoning

Effect of plant poisoning is a very significant either ingested or come in contact with the diarrhea. It can also cause inflammation of the skin, and blisters on the mouth. Smoke from burning plants can cause inflammation of the eye. It is estimated that 20 points kroton oil can cause death.

Tests on animals showed that the carcinogenic effects

Emergency treatment

To drink water or milk to dissolve toxic if ingested this plant, followed by medical treatment.

Plumbago capensis

Introduction

Family:: Plumbaginaceae
Malay name: Ceraka Biru
Other names: Plumbago

Information

This plant can grow and reach heights of up to 2 feet. It has a flower that consists of five petals of a soft blue.

Local use

Site Furnishings

Excess

It is said to have activity as an insecticide and antibacterial warders.

Poisoned

Toxic Part: Entire plant

Active Ingredients: Plumbagin

Effects of Poisoning

If touched, the plant may cause skin irritation or dermatitis.

Catharanthus roseus

Introduction

Family: Apocynaceae
Malay name: Kemunting Cina, Rumput Jalang, Tapak Dara, Kembang Sari Cina, Ros Pantai
Other names: Rose Periwinkle, Old-Maid, Madagascar Periwinkle, Periwinkle



Information

These shrubs are planted as ornamental trees. It can be grown close to a height of 60 cm. It has leaves of dark green leaves 2-4 cm in size and fur on the sides. The leaves are also arranged in opposite direction. This plant flowers consist of 5 petals and color from white, blue, pink through to purple.

Poisoned

Toxic Part: Entire plant

Active Ingredients: Vincristine, vinblastine, reserpine, and serpentine ajmalicine

        
Other Ingredients: Catharanthine, leurosine, norharman, lochnerine, tetrahydroalstonine, vindoline, vindolinine, akuammine, vincamine, and vinrosidin vinleurosin


Effects of Poisoning

Poisoning effect is shown by symptoms such as fever, nausea and vomiting within 24 hours. Other symptoms are neuropathies, tendon reflection loss, hallucinations, coma, seizures and death.




 

Cassia fistula

Introduction

Family: Leguminosae
Malay name: Rajah Kayu, Kayu Raja, Dulang
Other Names: Golden Shower, India Laburnum, Purging Fistula, Pudding-pipe Tree, Golden Rain, Canafistola, Casse
Information

This plant can grow and reach heights up to 15m. It has yellow flowers dangle.

Local use

Used to treat diseases related to diabetes, fever, low blood pressure, gastric diseases, leprosy and fungal-related diseases.

Poisoned

Toxic parts: the sticky part on a crust that contains legumes (pods), seed nuts, leaves and stems.
Active Substance: Emodin glycoside, chrysarobin                                                                                  
Other ingredients: amino acids, fatty acids and amino chrysophanik

Effects of Poisoning

Cause nausea, vomiting, seizures and drowsiness.

Calophyllum inophyllum

Introduction

Family: Guttiferae
Malay name: Penaga Laut
Other Names: Mastwood, Alexandrian Laurel, Indian Laurel, Beauty Leaf, Laurelwood, Maria Grande Kamani, Poonay-Oil.

Information

These woody plants can grow to a height that can reach up to 40 feet. The stem is gray on the outside but pink on the inside. Green leaves of this plant with the size of 3-5 inches long. The fruit is yellow-brown seeds are enveloped by the shell.

Local use

Oil lamps

Poisoned

Toxic Part: Seeds

Active Ingredients: Inophylum AE, Calophylloide and Calophynic acid.
Other Ingredients: l, 2,3,4,4 a-heksahidro 0.7-1.6-dimethyl-4-(l-metilletil) naphthalene, cubebene, selinene, calerene, farnesene, scadinene, bourbonene, zingiberene, copaene, murelene, sesquiphellandrene, octadecanal, heksadecane, farnesol.

Effects of Poisoning

Symptoms of plant poisoning is a persistent vomiting and diarrhea. Rubber plants are capable of causing inflammation of the eyes and skin.
 

Cananga odorata

Introduction

Family: Annonaceae
Malay name: Kenanga, Ilang ilang
Other Names: odoratum Canangium, ylang-ylang oil.

Information

This plant can grow and reach a height of 30-35m. Stem gray smoke. These leaves are green and are arranged alternately and the oval shape measuring 7-23 cm long and 4-10 cm broad. This plant has greenish yellow flowers are fragrant and have 6 petals.

Local use

Flowers are used to treat asthma and itching of the skin, while the seeds are used to treat stomach aches.

This plant is usually grown as an ornamental tree and is used in the manufacture of cosmetics.


Poisoned

Toxic Part: Flowers

Active ingredients: oil of interest, such as methyl benzonate, methyl salicylate, geraniol, linalol, eugenol, ylangol, safrole terpenes, benzyl acetate, pinene, and mixture of benzoic acid, formic, and valerik acetik.

Effects of Poisoning

Can cause inflammation.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Caladium spp.

Family: Araceae
Malay Name: Keladi
Other Names: Mother-in-law plant, elephant’s ear, Angle-wings, Fancy-leaved Caladium, Candidum, Exposition, Pink cloud, Seagull, stoplight, Texas wonder, Caladium X hortulanum cv.caladium.

Information
These types of herbal plants have rhizomes. Daunya heart-shaped and has a green color and patterned red, white or other colors.

Use

Ornamental plant site

Poisoned

Toxic Part: Entire plant

Active ingredients: Calcium oxalate
Effects of Poisoning

Calcium oxalate is a sense of irritation with the glow and fire effects on the tongue, mouth and throat. Breathing difficulty occurs when swelling occurs at the pharyngeal tract. spasms in the abdomen and delirium. Other toxicity was reported numbness, nausea and vomiting.

Emergency Treatment

Clean the remaining plants from the body. Clean with soap and water if exposed to the skin. Gargle and drink water or milk if ingested as it can dissolve toxins in these plants. Sucking ice cubes to reduce pain in the mouth. Get medical attention immediately.




Capsicum frutescens

Introduction

Family: Solanaceae
Malay Name: Bunga Tiga Bulan
Other Names: Aji Dulce, Cayenne, Cayenne Pepper, Chili Pepper, Chabai Achong, Filfil, Hungarian Pepper, Kirmizi Biber, La Chiao, Mexican Chili, Paprika, Peppers, Piment Doux, Pimiento, Red Pepper, Sweet Pepper
Information
These shrubs have fruits greenish yellow and bright red when ripe.


Use

Fruit in use as food or food flavoring.

Poisoned

Toxic Part: Fruit

Active Ingredients: capsaicin

Other Ingredients: Capsicidins, dihydrocapsaicin

Effects of Poisoning

This plant can cause a burning sensation and blistering of the skin. It is also irritating mukos layer as throat and nose. It can also cause pain in the eyes and stomach.

Lantana camara

Introduction

Family: Saxifragaceae
Malay Name: Bunga Tiga Bulan
Other Names: Hydrangea, Japanese hydrangea

Information
This plant has a soft stem and grow upright and reach heights of up to 1 boleg meter. The leaves are thick, smooth, colored green and oval in shape with a length of 8-12 cm. The flowers are gathered at the end of the stick and the color of white, blue, purple and pink.

Local use

Site Furnishings

Poisoned

Toxic Part: Entire plant

Active Ingredients: Hydrangin (a precursor sianogenik glycoside), febrifugine, hydrangenol, loganin

Other Ingredients: Iso-coumarin

Effects of Poisoning

This plant can cause nausea, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle weakness, seizures, coma and death.

This plant can also cause inflammation of the skin.

Lantana camara

Introduction

Family: Verbenaceae
Malay Name: Bunga Tahi Ayam
Other Names: Yellow Sage, Shrub Verena, Lantana, Red Sage, Vandreblomst.
Information
A kind of shrubs and fluffy. Can reach 3-5 feet in height. Prickly stem and leaves also smell unpleasant. Umbrella-shaped flowers of this plant and have a variety of colors from yellow, pink, purple and orange. Shaped fruit, stems, dark green and dark blue.       

Local use

Ornamental plants.

Poisoned

Toxic Part: Fruit (human), and leaf, stem (animals)

Active Ingredients: Lantadene A and B Lantadene           
                                      
Other Materials: Acid triterprne pentacyclic, Dihidrolantadene A, Lancamarone, Icterogenin, oleanonik Acid, Acid lantanilik, 4 ',5-dihydroxy-3-dimetoksiflavone 0.7-4'-O-beta-D-glukopiranoside or Kamaroside.

Effects of Poisoning

Vomiting, breathing problems, children develop the eye, ataksia, limb weakness, anemia, coma and death can bring. Symptoms usually appear between 2.5-6 hours. This plant can also cause liver damage.

Emergency treatment

Try to vomiting and seek medical attention immediately.

Mirabilis jalapa

Introduction

Family: Nyctaginaceae
Malay Name: Kembang Pukul Empat, Bunga Pecah Empat
Other Names: Four o’clock flower, Marvel of Peru
Information
This herbaceous plant can reach heights of up to 1 meter. The leaves are bright green and arranged in opposite direction. It is oval in shape and tapered at the ends.

This plant flowers shaped like a funnel and has five petals. It is also available in various colors like white, red, purple and kuning.Biji plants hard and usually colored brown or black

Local use

Antibacterial

Poisoned

Toxic Part: Seeds and roots

Active Ingredients: Trigonelline

        
Effects of Poisoning

This plant can cause abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, vomiting, cramps in the stomach and diarrhea. It also has an irritating effect and bleh cause inflammation of the skin and coat mukos.

Hallucinogenic effects as well as the report was accepted.

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Introduction

Family: Leguminoseae
Malay Name: Kembang Merak, Jambul Merak, Bunga Merak
Other Names: Poinciana pulcherrima, Barbados Pride, Dwarf Poinciana, Flower French, Barbados Flower, Carzazo, Clavellina, Peacock Flower, Flor De Camarou, Tabachin, Spanish carnation.
Information
This grows to a height of vertical growth of up to 10 feet. The leaves are arranged in two opposite and extends up to 0.75 inches. This plant flowers have red and yellow petals. Stamens bright red flowers over 2.5 inches.


Local use

Site furnishings and street trees.

Poisoned

Active Ingredients: Pulcherralpin, Tannin, acid Tanik

Effects of Poisoning

Significant poisoning effect is that it causes vomiting and diarrhea and a half hours to 6 hours after eating. It can also cause damage to the liver.

Gardenia jasminoides.

Family: Rubiaceae
Malay Name: Bunga Cina, Kaca Piring, Bunga Susu
Others Name: Cape Jasmine, Gardenia Florida, Gardenia Grandiflora, Gardenia radicans, Common Gardenia.

Information

This plant can reach heights of up to 6 feet and always green. The leaves are arranged in opposite and bold and can be extended up to 4 inches. The flowers are white and fragrant. The fruit of this plant orange and oval shaped with a length of 1.5 inches.

Use

Flowers are used as medicine by the Chinese family planning. Tests on laboratory animals found it to be a stop on the content at the initial stage item.

Use

Flowers are used as medicine by the Chinese family planning. Tests on laboratory animals found it to be a stop on the content at the initial stage item.


Poisoned

Toxic Part: Fruit

Active Ingredients: Cycloartane triterpenoid or also known as acid Gardeic B.

Other Ingredients: Crocin, Geniposidic acid, Genipin-1-beta-gentiobioside Geniposide and Gardenoside

Effects of Poisoning

Skin inflammation and itching. The smell of gardenia is also reported to cause fever (hayfever)

Pangium edule

Family: Flacourtiaceae
Malay Name: Kepayang, Payang, Buah Keluak
Others Name: Football fruit

 Information

Higher plants can reach a height of 40 meters. It has shiny green leaves and betel oval. The fruits are almost equal in size soccer ball and colored brown and has a rough surface.

Use

Fruit pulp is eaten on its own or in cooking. Seeds are used as rat poison.


Poisoned

Toxic Part: Seeds, leaves and other parts of

Active ingredients: Gyanocardin

Effects of Poisoning

Effects of poisoning on the show was drunk, vomiting, abdominal pain, loss of balance or coordination body limbs and dizziness.











 

Brunfelsia pauciflora

Introduction

Family: Solanaceae

Malay Name: Brunfelsia Biru

Other Names: Brunfelsia Floribunda, Morning-Noon-and-Night, Yesterday-Today-and-Tomorrow, Yesterday and Today.

Information

This plant can reach heights up to 9 feet. It also has a blue flower, which will then turn to purple and finally white. There are 5 petals measuring 2 cm in each flower.

Local use

Site and garden decorations.

Poisoned

Toxic Part: Seeds of legumes

Active ingredients: Alkaloids are not in the know.

Effects of Poisoning

If ingested, these plants can cause excess saliva production, difficulty breathing, seizures, enlarged pupils, and pale.

Brachiaria decumbens

Introduction

Family: Graminaea
Synonyms: Brachiaria eminii, Brachiaria bequaertii
Malay name: Rumput Ceylon
Other Names: Signal grass, Surinam grass

Information

Plant species 'stoloniferous' is easy to grow in different types of soil in tropical climates.

Local use

Livestock grazing food

Poisoned

Toxic Part:
Leaves

Active ingredients: 3-spirostanol
Other Ingredients: 1.3-di-O-trans-acid feruloylquinic

Effects of Poisoning

This plant toxic effects on the heart, nervous system and renal systems in animals such as goats and sheep.

Cycas revoluta

Family: Cycadaceae
Malay name:  Bogak Jepun, Saikas
Other Name: King Sago Palm, Japanese Sago Palm

Information

This plant has a strong stem with leaves arranged in the end .. This leaves shaped like ferns and bright green. The height of this plant can reach up to 3 m.

Poisoned

Toxic Part: Seeds

Active Ingredients: Cycasin (Methylazoxymethanol-beta-d-glukosid), Pakoein, Phytosterine, Amino-b-methylamino-propionic        
Other Ingredients: Cycasindene and cycasthioamide

Effects of Poisoning

Cycasin is toxic to the liver. It also has teratogenic and carcinogenic effects on domestic animals like cows and goats.
Shown symptoms of poisoning in humans is a headache, diarrhea, coma, and weak-weak in the muscles.
 

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Caryota mitis

Family: Palmaceae
Malay name: Beridin, Tukus, Dudok, Rabok
Other names: Fish Tail Palm

Information

This bush type plants that have grown as ornamental plants in gardens and streets. The leaves are like the blades or pieces of fish and fruit are arranged in cluster. When ripe the fruit will change color from green to dark purple. This plant can reach a height of 15-25 m

Poisoned

Toxic Part: Rubber on the leaves and fruit
Active Ingredients: Calcium oxalate                           

Effects of Poisoning

Rubber plant can cause inflammation and swelling of the skin and burns the mouth.

Emergency treatment

Clean the remaining plants from the body. Clean with soap and water if exposed to the skin. Gargle and drink water or milk if ingested.

Excoecaria agallocha

Introduction

Family: Euphorbiaceae
Malay name: Bebuta, Betak Betak, Blind Blind
Other names: Milky Mangrove, Gewa

Information

Plants are either grown as ornamental plants or are growing wild in the mangroves. It can reach a height of 14-20 meters. The entire plant has a latex. The leaves are green and tapered ends. It will change color to red and yellow when mature

Local use

Been used as drugs to stimulate vomiting and a laxative.

Excess

12-deoksiforbol 13 - (3E, 5E-decadienoate) have been reported in use as anti-HIV drugs.

Poisoned

Toxic Part: Rubber
Active Ingredients: ortoester Polyol (polyol orthoester)
Other Ingredients: Agallochin A, B agallochin, agallochin C, agallochin D, E 0.12-deoxyphorbol agallochin 13 - (3E, 5E-decadienoate), [3H]-forbol butyrate, ent-3 beta-epoxy-3 0.20 alpha 6 alpha-dihidroksikaur-16-ENE (agallochin F), 3beta, 20-alpha-epoxy-3-15-ENE hidroksibeyer (agallochin G), 3 beta, 20:15 R-16S-3 alpha-diepoksi beyeranol (agallochin H) , and 3 beta, 20-epoxy-3 alpha, 6 alpha-dihydroxy-18-nor-Beyer-15-ENE (agallochin I), 2-acetoksi beyeradiene-1 0.15-0.12-3-Dione, 2-hydroxy -1.15-beyeradiene-3, 12-Dione and ent-kauran-16 beta-ol-3-one

Effects of Poisoning

Sap is a strong irritant and can cause blindness if hit in the eye. It can also cause diarrhea and bloody urine when ingested. Inflammation of the skin, swelling and blistering was also reported to occur when touched.

Sarcolobus globosus


Introduction

Family: Asclepiadaceae
Malay name: Akar batu pelir kambing, kambing-kambing, akar banok, pitis-pitis
Other names: Sarcolobus

Information

This type of woody plants and climbing. It is usually found in swampy areas and river banks.

Use

Used to poison animals or stray dogs.

Poisoned

Toxic Part: Leaves, gum and seeds.
Active ingredients: Not known

Effects of Poisoning

Poison preformance of this plant acts as a barrier to the muscles and nerves causing a person can not control the co-ordination, not to move, shivering, enlarged pupils, a rapid pulse, pale, convulsions and coma.