Well-groomed indoor plants can create coziness like nothing else, giving your home a pleasant atmosphere and a stylish look, even if the interior itself is simple. But you need to choose the right species for your indoor garden – according to the level of your care skills and always taking into account the toxicity of plants. You may be surprised, but a significant proportion of green pets, in addition to their spectacular appearance, also have a dangerous chemical composition.
It is recommended to take care of such plants with gloves and not to let pets and children chew them. OBOZ.UA tells you about the most insidious indoor plants.
Poinsettia During the Christmas holidays, this plant impresses with its unusually spectacular flowering, releasing a rosette of bright red leaves. You can admire the poinsettia endlessly at this time. However, the flower belongs to the Euphorbiaceae family, almost all of which are poisonous.
The toxins contained in the poinsettia sap can cause numbness of the mucous membranes, vomiting, swelling, and skin irritation. Therefore, you should keep this beauty away from small children and animals, and wash your hands after caring for it, even if you were wearing gloves. This rule applies to any houseplant from the Euphorbiaceae family – they all have a similar toxic effect and it is better to be careful with them.
Dieffenbachia It is not very difficult to get a large sultan of spotted leaves from a plant that will decorate your home extremely eff.
