To whom and why do plants signal with red berries. List of dangerous and poisonous berries in Russia
Today we will look at inedible wild berries. Hunger is an incredibly strong feeling, especially if it finds you in the wild. Whether the trip failed and you were left without provisions, or you were deliberately thrown into such a situation by adventurism and love of travel.
Of course, at such moments the question is about survival by any means. Then the gaze turns to nature, and man begins from its wide table. Plants with quite edible fruits immediately catch your eye. But in nature, not everything is so simple! We must always remember that a bright, juicy appearance is not always nutritious and safe. There are many of them, but some of them are poisonous.
Inedible forest berries. Top 8
Belladonna
Belladonna, otherwise a sleepy grass, belladonna lives mainly in mountain forests. Its berries are round, black, with an abundance of seeds under the shiny skin. This is a very poisonous herb: a couple of berries can cause cardiac arrest, as well as paralysis respiratory system. You should also not touch the leaves and roots - they are no less toxic.
Wolf's bast, or deadly wolfberry, grows in mixed forests. IN autumn period The berry is elongated and rich red in color. Just by touching this plant, you can get blisters and ulcers at the site of contact with the insidious bush. Eating berries causes a burning sensation in the mouth, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, weakness and cramps.
Bittersweet in the form of a shrub grows near water, near ravines and oak forests. Oval fruits of bright red color and leaves that emit an unpleasant odor are dangerous. It tastes bitter, there are a lot of seeds inside. All parts of the plant are insidious.
Crow's eye It originates mainly in coniferous forests, near other shrubs. Outwardly it looks like a low stem on which grows one round, black berry. It tastes bitter and has a very unpleasant smell. Despite its successful use in medicine, toxins from unprocessed fruits, leaves, and rhizomes contribute to respiratory arrest, cardiac dysfunction, gastrointestinal irritation, and in severe cases, paralysis is inevitable.
is not only a fragrant harbinger of spring, but also an insidious plant with poisonous red or orange fruits. Their use is fraught with nausea and vomiting, limb cramps, and dizziness.
Spike has poisonous large, oblong fruits of black, reddish and white shades. Touching the entire plant causes severe inflammation and blisters. The red-fruited crow, with red fruits, is similar in appearance to it.
yew berry
Berry yew familiar as a decoration for hedges, but underneath this beauty lies toxic bark and wood, poisonous shoots and fruits. The insidious thing is that the fleshy, seemingly harmless fruit contains brown, very poisonous seeds. The poison can cause respiratory arrest and may cause convulsions.
Spotted has tuberous rhizomes. The red berries are poisonous, sitting tightly in a large cluster on a fleshy stem. Consumption causes severe intoxication, and the outcome can be fatal if help is not provided in time.
Conclusion
Finishing the descriptions of just some dangerous berries, we can summarize:
- have in your travel first aid kit equipment that will allow you to immediately provide first aid in case of poisoning with toxins;
- keep in mind that edible and inedible berries are very similar in appearance, and you need to know at least some of their distinctive features;
- If you are not sure which plant is in front of you, do not take risks, hoping for chance.
Hello, dear reader!
July, and especially August, is the season for the most diverse forest berries. Strawberries and blueberries, currants, bird cherry, raspberries, and closer to autumn - lingonberries. And others... You just need to remember that there are poisonous berries in our forest! There may not be many of them, but you need to know the poisonous berries. And it is especially important that children know them well!
All kinds of ratings and TOPs are in vogue these days. Well, I will also present a kind of TOP of poisonous berries. The criteria are simple - the poisonousness of the plant and its prevalence and accessibility for those who can, most often accidentally, out of ignorance, be poisoned by it. Well, let's get started...
I’ll probably give the first place in my ranking of poisonous berries to the crow’s eye. It is very poisonous and, moreover, very widespread. The plant is a monocotyledon; it is currently classified as a member of the Melanthiaceae family (previously classified as a Liliaceae). There are several types of raven's eye. The most common of them is the four-leaf raven's eye. Its habitat is the entire forest zone of Europe, the Urals and all of Siberia.
It is a common inhabitant of deciduous and mixed coniferous-deciduous forests. It occurs very often. Appearance The plant is unique, it is almost impossible to confuse it with another. Whorled arrangement of leaves, a single flower, and then a fruit that sits alone at the top of the stem.
The whole plant is poisonous - both leaves and rhizomes. But the berries of the crow's eye are especially poisonous. Large, black, shiny, it really resembles the eye of a crow. And very attractive, especially for children. But the crow's eye berry is deadly! The substance paristifin from the group of saponins causes convulsions and disrupts the functioning of the heart. Which can stop!
In folk medicine, there are a number of recipes using raven's eye to treat certain diseases. However, you need to know:
Due to its extreme danger, the use of raven's eye for any medical purposes forbidden!
Out of curiosity, children can enjoy the “berry”. In case of poisoning, immediate attention is required health care! Children with early age you need to introduce this plant and explain that you should under no circumstances touch it.
Wolf's bast (wolfberry)
About this interesting forest shrub. Wolf's bast is very beautiful in spring, and very attractive in August, when its large red berries ripen. However, the entire plant - leaves, bark, and fruits - is poisonous!
You should not even pick it up to avoid skin burns. Moreover, taste the berries. The result will be severe damage to the gastrointestinal tract.
Medicinal plant. It is widely used in traditional medicine. And the modern pharmacopoeia is interested in this plant! But this does not mean that nature lovers should necessarily be “interested” in them (only through a camera!). Moreover, children should be warned about the danger of wolf bast!
May lily of the valley
Lily of the valley berries (photo from the Internet)
Such a much-loved plant as lily of the valley is also dangerous!
May lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) is the only representative of the lily of the valley genus of the lily family (however, here too the issues of taxonomy are quite controversial and are constantly being clarified).
Lily of the valley is widespread in the northern hemisphere, but especially in Europe. True, due to excessive harvesting, the natural habitats of this beautiful plant are constantly shrinking. However, lily of the valley has long been a garden plant.
It is a perennial with a thin creeping rhizome. There are several leaves in the basal rosette, but the lower ones are very small and inconspicuous, similar to scales. But two large, broadly lanceolate leaves with arched veins are hard to miss (and confuse with the leaves of another plant). Between the leaves grows a flowering stem bearing a cluster of graceful fragrant flowers.
Many years ago, the author once came across a small clearing (ten by fifteen meters) in the forest, the grass cover of which consisted of almost nothing but lily of the valley leaves! True, it was already the second half of July, and flowering had long since ended. It’s not for nothing that it’s called May, it blooms in May - early June.
Lily of the valley is not only an excellent ornamental plant, but also a recognized medicinal plant. Recognized not only by folk, but also by official medicine. Preparations from lily of the valley treat heart disease vascular system. The main active ingredients are glycosides convalatoxin, convallotoxol, convalloside. They are obtained from the leaves and flowers of the plant.
But an overdose of medicine can lead to disruption of the heart! Therefore, you should never self-medicate - it is very dangerous!
You can also get poisoned simply out of curiosity - by trying the beautiful red berries! This again happens especially often with children! But you don’t have to go to the forest to get the fruits of the lily of the valley. And he’s rare there! They are common in our flower beds!
By the way, it’s also not worth collecting large bouquets of lily of the valley in the spring, or putting them in a vase in a room - a large number of substances released into the air are not at all safe for health.
Voronets spicata. Red-fruited crow
Voronets spicata - perennial herbaceous plant from the ranunculaceae family. As you can see in the photo, he has large compound leaves with leaflets serrated along the edges. Grows in shady forests - broad-leaved, mixed, coniferous-small-leaved. In such a secondary spruce-birch-aspen forest with an undergrowth of currants and raspberries. With a developed grass cover, I discovered it. The range of the Spike Voronets is almost all of Europe, the south of the forest zone Western Siberia and Altai.
The entire plant is poisonous! After all, its organs contain a whole range of alkaloids and transaconitic acid. Even juice that gets on the skin can cause burning and blisters. Berries are no exception. Adults can also use them out of curiosity or ignorance. But first of all, again, children suffer! But even two or three berries for a child is a significant dose!
True, the plant itself warns of its danger. Its smell is very unpleasant!
Like many poisonous plants, used traditional medicine. Official medicine does not recognize it!
Black dye for dyeing wool was obtained from voronets berries.
Red-fruited Voronets (photo from the Internet)
A close relative of the spiky crow is the red-fruited crow. But if he is an inhabitant of Europe, and in Siberia is already becoming rare, then the red-fruited crow widely inhabits forest zone in the Far East, Eastern and Western Siberia. It is also found in the north of the European part.
In appearance it is similar to a relative, differing primarily in the color of the fruits - they are red.
Also a highly poisonous plant! The large number of alkaloids contained in all organs of the plant make it potentially dangerous for the curious berry lover!
Although this little crow “nobly” warns of itself with a smell so characteristic that it received the name “stinker.”
The plant is widely used in traditional medicine. However, remember:
You need to get treatment from specialists! Self-medication is dangerous because it can very easily turn into its exact opposite. And such “treatment” with poisonous plants is especially dangerous!
The fruits of the red crow are also used to produce black dye. Hence, by the way, the name. After all, “voronoi” just means “black.”
Belladonna (belladonna)
Belladonna (photo from the Internet)
The entire plant is very poisonous. The atropine group alkaloids it contains can cause very severe poisoning. The result can even be death due to paralysis of the respiratory system and cardiac arrest.
Its habitat is beech and hornbeam forests of the Central and of Eastern Europe, Mediterranean, Crimea, Caucasus, Asia Minor, North Africa. IN Krasnodar region grown on plantations (for medicinal purposes). Although the plant is very poisonous, most residents of Russia are unlikely to encounter it in natural conditions. Although, of course, you need to know it! Therefore, in my ranking of poisonous berries its place is by no means the highest.
By the way, “belladonna” translated from Italian means “ beautiful woman" And the Russian name is consonant. This is due to the fact that the juice of the plant was dropped into the eyes to dilate the pupils and rubbed on the cheeks to enhance the blush. Beauty truly requires sacrifice!
Nightshade bittersweet
Bittersweet nightshade berries (photo from the Internet)
In thickets of bushes, along the banks of reservoirs, in wastelands in the European part of Russia, Western and Eastern Siberia, bittersweet nightshade is often found in Ukraine and Belarus.
Its flowers are similar to those of other nightshades, especially potatoes. The oblong red berries are very reminiscent of small tomatoes.
The plant is a medicinal plant and is very widely used in folk medicine and homeopathy. However, nightshade leaves and berries are poisonous! They should be treated by a specialist!
You should also not eat berries (for the sake of curiosity). The glycoside dulcamarine they contain acts like atropine, causing disorders of the central nervous system, breathing and heart function.
In addition to very poisonous berries, which carry great danger even if accidentally consumed, in our forests there are berries... not that poisonous, but simply inedible. There will be no severe poisoning when consuming them. But trouble is almost certainly guaranteed! In my TOP of poisonous berries, these plants will naturally take last place.
Buckthorn brittle
In sparse forests, near rivers, lakes, and streams, you can often find brittle buckthorn. This is a bush from the buckthorn family, very interesting. I hope a separate article will be devoted to it. For now - only brief information about it medicinal plant with inedible fruits.
The fruits ripen in August. These are black drupes sitting on cuttings in the axils of the leaves. Buckthorn fruits and bark are medicinal raw materials. They are used in traditional medicine as an emetic and laxative ( official medicine recognizes only the bark).
The fruits are readily eaten by birds. In humans, their use can cause unpleasant consequences caused precisely by their medical properties - that is, vomiting and diarrhea (diarrhea).
A widespread forest shrub with very attractive-looking red berries, mostly in pairs (that’s exactly how its flowers sit on the plant - in pairs). Forest honeysuckle is widely used in landscaping as an ornamental shrub.
Birds readily peck at the berries. For humans, they are inedible, and the consequences can be similar to the consequences of eating buckthorn.
In Eastern Siberia and the Far East, forest honeysuckle is replaced in nature by a similar species, but with oblong blue berries covered with a waxy coating. These fruits are edible. And the shrub was named edible honeysuckle. It is widespread in culture and is often planted in gardens and parks. Sometimes it can get wild. Bird-dispersed seeds edible honeysuckle They can also make an “escape into nature”!
In general, you need to remember a simple rule. In nature, you should never “taste” anything you are not familiar with! This applies to plants almost more than anything else. After all, they contain many substances, the presence of which in your body, and even in significant concentrations, may be very undesirable! So you may well get caught with poisonous berries.
You should also not self-medicate. I especially wouldn’t recommend using recipes from the Internet! If you want to turn to traditional medicine, then it’s better to find a grandmother who “knows.”
A walk in the forest always amazes with its picturesque nature and diversity. In the plant world you can find the most interesting trees, berries and flowers. But sometimes wild fruits are not as harmless as they may seem at first glance. There is a list of poisonous berries that can not only harm humans, but also lead to death. That is why it is important to familiarize yourself with the list of dangerous fruits that can be found in the forest, because sometimes the most attractive and tempting berries turn out to be the most dangerous. Often juicy fruits of red and black colors represent real threat human life.
May lily of the valley
Lily of the valley is a favorite of many people. This is a beautiful plant that during the flowering period (May-June) emits a stunning aroma that is impossible to pass by. But by September, in place of the charming flowers, red berries appear, sometimes shimmering orange. The fruits look like peas, they are all poisonous and are strictly prohibited for human consumption.
Signs of poisoning by poisonous fruits include tinnitus, headache, slow pulse and convulsions.
Belladonna
This plant can be found in other sources under the names mad berry or sleepy stupor. During flowering, belladonna has single, bell-shaped, drooping flowers. The fruit is a black-blue berry with a sour taste, which is poisonous.
Signs of poisoning include dryness and burning in the mouth, impaired speech and swallowing, and rapid heartbeat. Possible loss of orientation and hallucinations.
Maiden (five-leaf) grapes
The fruits of the plant are very similar to ordinary grapes that people eat in Everyday life. Poisonous berries grow dark blue in color and have a characteristic sour taste. There are also bright black fruits. In fact, to get poisoned by grapes, you need to eat a large number of berries, for example, a whole handful. There should not be any serious consequences from a small amount of wild fruits. But it’s still better not to risk your own health.
Nightshade bittersweet
Despite the rather beautiful flowering, this representative wildlife is the owner of wild red fruits. They taste bittersweet and few people will like them. The berries ripen by October. You can most often meet the “gifts” of nature in Russia, Siberia and the Far East. Not only the berries of nightshade are poisonous, but also the leaves themselves.
Signs of poisoning include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and cardiovascular failure.
Nightshade black
Today, the fruits of black nightshade are used in medicine in minimal quantities and in prescribed dosages. If you come across a plant in the forest, you should never taste the berries: representative flora completely poisonous. The fruits grow as round, attractive, black berries.
Snowberry white
Snowberry is considered one of the most “survivable” plants. Its fruits are still for a long time remain on the branches or on the ground (even during severe cold spells). The berries of the plant are soft pink or White color. In addition, the beads delightfully burst underfoot, producing a unique sound. Since in populated areas You can often find snowberries; children are the first victims who can taste them.
Signs of poisoning include nausea, dizziness and loss of consciousness.
Buckthorn brittle
Fruit ripening of this plant takes place in the month of August. In appearance, these are black berries, sitting in the axils of the leaves, which are used medicinally in a certain dosage. Despite the fact that birds happily consume the fruits, it is not recommended for humans to eat buckthorn berries.
Signs of poisoning include vomiting, diarrhea and general malaise.
Forest honeysuckle
One of the most common shrubs in the forest is honeysuckle. The plant has red and juicy-looking berries, which are located in pairs on the branches. For birds, honeysuckle fruits are edible and even a delicacy; for humans, their consumption is destructive. Today the berries are used in medicine, but if a person eats several fruits of the plant, the concentration harmful substances will turn out to be very undesirable, which will certainly have negative consequences.
Spotted arum
The plant is perennial and poisonous. However, it is often used in medicine and is considered safe only if overdose is excluded. The fruits of this plant are reddish in color. You can find spotted arum in the forests of Moldova, Ukraine, Central Europe and the Caucasus.
This plant is considered one of the most beautiful and often takes part in decoration. landscape areas. However, the bush poses a mortal danger to humans. Absolutely everything in it is poisonous, from the bark and leaves to the fruits. “Gifts” of nature can be red, yellow or black.
Kupena fragrant
A representative of lilies and lilies of the valley grows in Eurasia and North America. Despite the plant's unusual and attractive leaves, the bluish-black berries are poisonous. Today, the fruits and leaves of the plant are used in medicine and are considered medicinal, but in case of overdose they can cause significant harm to human life.
Red-fruited crow
The fruits of the perennial plant are represented by red, elongated oval berries. They are arranged vertically and initially grow green, after which they completely change color and complete the ripening stage. This plant can be found in the forests of Russia, Siberia and the Far East.
Signs of poisoning include dizziness, nausea, and gastrointestinal upset.
Voronets spica
The poisonous plant in some sources is indicated as black crow. Initially the fruits have green color, after which they become black, glossy, large and oval-cylindrical in shape. The berries are collected in a brush. The plant grows in Russia, the Caucasus and Altai. Ripening occurs in July-August.
Signs of poisoning include the appearance of blisters on the skin and diarrhea.
Elderberry herbal
A perennial plant with an unpleasant odor, it has black, small berries with 3-4 seeds and red juice. Fruit ripening occurs in August and September. The most common plant is in Russian forests and subalpine meadows.
Signs of poisoning include headache, sore throat, nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
Phytolacca americana
Quite often the plant can be found even in city flower beds. Unfortunately, not everyone knows that it is completely poisonous: leaves, inflorescences, and fruits are carriers of harmful substances. Young children are especially susceptible to the effects of poison. Phytolacca berries are lilac in color and arranged vertically.
Signs of poisoning include increased salivation, burning in the mouth, and cramps in the stomach or intestines.
Yew berry
One of the most common plants that is planted to decorate the area. Yew fruits have a bright scarlet color and are safe in the fleshy part. The seeds and wood, as well as the bark and shoots, are poisonous. They can cause respiratory arrest and have a paralyzing effect on the heart.
The plant blooms in late spring and early summer. This is a truly beautiful picture, but the fruits of the calligraphy are unusually dangerous for humans. The juicy red berries are collected in clusters and, when consumed, can cause nausea, shortness of breath, tachycardia, vomiting and severe salivation. The entire plant is poisonous.
Common privet
The heat-loving shrub has black fruits that ripen in early and mid-autumn. They do not fall off for a long time and attract people with their stunning appearance. You can find privet berries in Russia, Moldova, Ukraine and the Caucasus. Leaves and berries should absolutely not be consumed. Many people confuse the fruits of the plant with blueberries and encounter such side effects such as colic, diarrhea, weakness and convulsions.
Crow's eye four leaf
This type of plant is quite unusual and after flowering it produces only one fruit - a black berry resembling a raven's eye. The representative plant world is growing on the territory of Russia, Europe and Far East. The use of plant berries in medicine is quite common, but collecting and self-medicating is highly discouraged.
Signs of poisoning include nausea, vomiting, a drop in heart rate, and even cardiac arrest.
Euonymus
The fruits of this plant have an attractive bright pink color. They grow in the form of four separate capsules containing black seeds inside. The flesh of the poisonous berries is fleshy orange or red. The plant is mainly found in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Sakhalin. After consumption, a person may notice a deterioration in their health. With large doses, intestinal bleeding is possible.
When going into nature, it is necessary to have an idea of all the dangers that a person may encounter. If it so happens that someone close to you has eaten poisonous berries, it is necessary to provide first aid in case of poisoning. This will help save a person's life. The first thing that is recommended to do is to induce vomiting in the victim and immediately call an ambulance (go to the hospital). Before medical personnel arrive, it is recommended to rinse the stomach and wrap the person warmly.
There is no need to try unfamiliar berries in the forest, because the consequences of a momentary temptation can be irreversible.
This article will help all lovers of hiking in the forest, tourists, mushroom pickers and hunters. If you suddenly get lost in the forest, do not under any circumstances eat unfamiliar berries, they can be deadly. Below I tried to describe and attach a photo of the most poisonous berries that are found in central Russia.
Belladonna (belladonna)
It is also popularly called mad cherry or sleepy cherry, red cherry, etc., and is one of the most dangerous poisonous plants.
Blooms from July to autumn. The fruit is a black-blue berry, flattened and spherical, and oddly enough, it tastes sweet and sour. Very often children are poisoned by these berries because they look like cherries. Just a few berries are enough to cause a serious illness in a child. The entire plant is poisonous and contains alkaloids such as: atropine, hyoscyamine, scopolamine
Symptoms of belladonna poisoning
Signs of belladonna poisoning appear within 10-20 minutes. If the poisoning is mild, then dry mouth and burning in the throat begin, swallowing is difficult and speech is also difficult. The heartbeat is rapid. The voice is hoarse. The pupils are dilated and do not react to light. Near vision is impaired. Fear of light, spots flash before the eyes. Dryness and redness of the skin, the person is excited, hallucinations and delirium often occur. Severe poisoning manifests itself in complete loss of orientation, mental agitation and convulsions. Often ends in death
Crow's eye
All parts of the plant are poisonous (leaves, stem, berries). 10 berries are enough to cause cardiac arrest. The plant contains a lot of cardiac glycosides.
Symptoms of crow's eye poisoning
Symptoms of departure include irritation of the gastrointestinal tract, diarrhea, vomiting, a drop in heart rate, sometimes up to 40 or fewer beats and cardiac arrest, and often paralysis of the respiratory center.
If you go, immediately rinse your stomach, drink a sorbent, take a laxative. Anesthesin is administered intravenously, and strophanthin is used for heart function (but this is already in a hospital setting)
Wolf's bast, Common wolfberry (Daphne)
This is a shrub up to 1 meter high with fragrant flowers and very poisonous red berries. The flowers are small and look like lilacs. You shouldn't smell wolfberry flowers, because they cause headaches and actually smell like lilacs. The berries are deadly poisonous, bear fruit in the summer. The berries are red, there is a seed inside
This shrub has poisonous berries that ripen in August. The berries are oval, first green, then turn red
Symptoms of wolf bast poisoning
after eating the berries, there is a burning sensation in the mouth, pain in the stomach, nausea and vomiting, and weakness throughout the body. Meserene, which is part of the berries, greatly irritates the skin and mucous membranes. The berries also contain coumarins, which cause increased bleeding. Even touching these berries is very dangerous, and if the juice gets on the mucous membranes of the eyes, ulcers will appear on the cornea, which are very difficult to heal
Lily of the valley
The entire plant is poisonous. Contains poisonous alkaloids. Most often they are poisoned by berries, which have a beautiful orange-red color.
Elderberry black, red and herbaceous
Ripe black elderberry berries are often used to make jam and compotes, but unripe berries are poisonous.
Two types of elderberry are poisonous, these are elderberry (red) and elderberry, these types of elderberry contain cyanoglycosides. It is not difficult to recognize poisonous elderberry species. Red elderberry is a low shrub or tree up to 4 meters; the leaves are pointed, lanceolate, the flowers are white, with a greenish and yellowish tint. The fruits are red berries collected in a “panicle”
Symptoms of elderberry poisoning
Elderberry poisoning causes dizziness, headache, weakness, sore throat, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Characteristic staining of mucous membranes is Blue colour as a result of accumulation in venous blood oxyhemoglobin. Tachycardia gives way to bradycardia in the later stages. There is shortness of breath with a delay in exhalation, convulsions are possible. Death occurs from respiratory arrest due to acute heart failure.
Crow berries (voronets)
A herbaceous plant 30-50 cm high. The flowers of the plant are white, small, but noticeable quite well. The leaves of the plant are complex, consisting of several leaf blades. Leaves with serrated edges. (unknowingly, they can be confused with young umbrella plants, for example, with saplings) The upper one has two lateral teeth that are not symmetrical to each other. The berries are oblong black, white or red. The berries are collected in a bunch. The smell of the berries is unpleasant; they appear in July - August. The plant contains alkaloids that irritate the skin. If you touch the plant, blisters may appear on the skin.
IN middle lane In Russia, Voronets spica (with black berries) is most often found; Voronets with red berries are found mainly in Siberia.
Previously, black paint was made from Voronets, for this it was boiled with alum
Symptoms of poisoning
Lethargy, Vomiting, diarrhea, intestinal inflammation (very severe). Despite this plant, it is considered medicinal and in microdoses is successfully used in medicine for many diseases.
Nightshade bittersweet
A subshrub with a woody base and a long curly stem. Red berries are poisonous. Ripens June-October. Contains solanine, solasodine, dulcamarin glycoside and other ingredients.
Symptoms of poisoning
Nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, weakness, difficulty breathing, arrhythmia (pulse disturbance), pupils dilate, in severe cases, destruction of red blood cells (hemolysis), jaundice, liver problems.
Euonymus warty
Euonymus fruits are poisonous. Cause intestinal inflammation and reduce heart rate
Poisonous wild berries
Russian forests are extremely rich in a variety of mushrooms and berries. But not all of them are as safe as they are beautiful. When going out into nature and walking through the forest, you need to pick berries with caution. Before your walk, you should study information about which berries are poisonous, look at their photos and descriptions.
The most dangerous poisonous berries
Poisonous berries that can be found in Russia can not only cause poisoning, but also lead to much more serious consequences, such as death. To protect yourself and your family from danger, consider the names and descriptions of poisonous berries that you should stay away from.
- Belladonna.
- Red nightshade.
- Swamp whitewing.
- Crow's eye.
- May lily of the valley.
- Forest honeysuckle.
Belladonna
This poisonous berry has many names, the most common of which are mad berry and belladonna. It belongs to the nightshade family. Its main habitat is dark forests, clearings or clearings. Most often found in the Caucasus.
It is a plant with a long purple stem. The flowers are yellow-lilac and bell-shaped. After flowering, single black berries appear. They cannot be eaten.
Belladonna
In case of poisoning, the following symptoms appear: burning in the mouth, difficulty speaking and swallowing. These symptoms begin to appear quite quickly - within 10-15 minutes. When the poison spreads throughout the body, a rapid heartbeat is observed, vision becomes blurred, psycho-emotional agitation appears, as well as hallucinations. If there is a large amount of poison in the body, then skin redness is observed, and it becomes difficult to control one’s actions.
Red nightshade
This poisonous berry grows throughout Russia. It is most often found in damp areas, in forests, near lakes or rivers. The appearance of the plant is a small shrub, its stems curl, and the flowers have a purple hue, the berries are small scarlet.
The plant begins to flower in June and bears fruit until October. The important thing is that the poison is found not only in the poisonous berries, but also in the leaves and stems of the plant.
Red nightshade
The first signs of poisoning are lethargy and clouding of consciousness. Pain appears in the abdominal area, and there may be nausea. The danger of poisoning with these poisonous berries lies in the fact that it has a major effect on the heart, which can result in suffocation. If you are poisoned by berries, first of all, you urgently need to rinse your stomach, and then go to the hospital.
Swamp whitewing
The plant lives in marshy areas. It can be recognized by the following characteristics: it is a solitary plant with a thick stem and large leaves, resembling a heart shape, the flowers are white. Poisonous berries have a red tint, but poison is also present in the stem and root system.
Heavy salivation is the first sign of berry poisoning, followed by shortness of breath and convulsions. It has a significant effect on the heart and digestive system. First aid for poisoning is gastric lavage and going to the hospital as soon as possible.
Swamp whitewing
Crow's eye
The plant is located in forests with high humidity. Crow's eye is used in pharmaceuticals to make medicines, however, those uninformed in this area should avoid collecting and consuming this poisonous berry. The plant has the following appearance: a tall thin stem, which ends in four spreading cross-shaped leaves, with a berry in the center. When ripe it is black in color.
Eating the poisonous berry can lead to vomiting, stomach upset and, in some cases, cardiac arrest. If signs of poisoning are noticed, then you should immediately leave the victim to a specialist, otherwise it can be fatal.
Crow's eye
May lily of the valley
So familiar and favorite plant contains a real danger! Today, lily of the valley is actively planted in the garden for decoration. This perennial with clearly visible characteristic two leaves that cannot be confused with other plants. Between these leaves there is a stem with beautiful flowers.
May lily of the valley
But lily of the valley berries are poisonous. Poisoning causes symptoms of general malaise, nausea, impairment digestive system, and also puts a significant strain on the heart.
Attention! Under no circumstances should you self-medicate. After receiving first aid, you should definitely go to the hospital. The faster both first and professional aid is provided, the easier the poisoning will pass and will cause fewer negative consequences and complications.
Forest honeysuckle
A shrub that is very often found in forests. It attracts with its bright red berries, but do not be fooled by its beauty - these are poisonous berries and they are dangerous. Birds readily pick them, but for humans they are unsuitable for consumption, as they can cause poisoning, accompanied by diarrhea, vomiting and general weakness of the body.
Forest honeysuckle
