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The Castor Oill Plant Grows in a lot of places up here on La Marina Urb

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It is said that the seeds are Deadly The Castor plant is beautiful, but the castor bean seeds contain ricin, one of the most poisonous naturally occurring chemicals known to man. Even very small doses can be fatal.

I guess most of you know the story of the assassination of Georgi Markov, a dissident Bulgarian journalist. He died mysteriously while waiting for a bus near Waterloo Station in London, in 1978. The Scotland Yard postmortem revealed that Markov was murdered, shot in the leg with an umbrella rigged as a pellet gun. The perforated metallic pellet stuck in his leg was found to contain the deadly ricin toxin.
Full story including Video by the Poison Garden Centre, which explain the truth about the plant.
To view write go to http://www.spain-info.co.uk/gardening/castor-bean-plant.htm

Kommentare

Hello Ian,
Thanks for your posts on interesting little facts and stories about plants, they really are a breath of fresh air, how nice that you live your valuable life researching inoccent info and taking the time to share it with others.
It gives the forum a "friendly" feel.
Kind regards,
Patricia

ASL Member Founding Member 2012-06-09

Thanks Ian for this information - I have one in my garden - and when I cut it I get a head ache - good to get away from the inane comments too.. at last - keep it up Ian

ASL Member Founding Member 2012-06-09

Thank you for those kind remarks. I do find it quite interesting the number of things that can be grown over here that are not possible to grow in the UK. PLUS it helps to push Mr and Mrs Moaner down the page. Happy Gardening

ASL Member Founding Member 2012-06-10

Yippee - keep it up Ian xx

ASL Member Founding Member 2012-06-10

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