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Poisonous Plant -
Rhododendron
Latin
Name: Rhododendron
ponticum
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High Risk
Description: A bush that has large, oblong, smooth leathery evergreen
leaves. The flowers, spotted on the inside, form in large showy terminal clusters
and can be a variety of colours.
Symptoms
may include: Abdominal
pain, salivation, diarrhoea, constipation, staggering, trembling, weak
pulse, slow irregular breathing and collapse.
Notes: Risk
is normally associated with animals gaining access to woodland or
gardens. Rhododendron can kill after a few hours of it being eaten.
Poisonous Plants
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