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From: Regina Badriya Harrison
Date: 2007-05-11 18:15:25 UTC
Subject: Re: [ferrethealth] mother-in-law's tongue
To: ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com

To me, mother-in-law's tongue has always been another name for dumb cane, or dieffenbachia, which would indeed cause those symptoms if chewed on:

http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pro_apcc_toxic_dumbcane

They do have a separate, similar listing for "mother-in-law," different scientific name but same family:

http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=pro_apcc_toxic_motherinlaw

A quick Google search tells me that I am not the only one who calls dumb cane mother-in-law's tongue.

Regina

[Moderator's Note: no neural symptoms listed, though. Some common use names from plants are applied for multiple and unrelated types of plants which adds confusion for all. Thanks for this alternative one!]



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