I had a hard time stopping myself from pestering my husband with some of the stories because there were so unusual. The leaves are legally imported by an American manufacturer, which buys it from Peru’s National Coca Company, transforms it into Coca-Cola’s secret flavoring, and extracts the cocaine for pharmaceutical use as a topical anesthetic.” Įach plant has its own small section, making it a book that is easy to pick up and read when you have a few spare moments. coca extract is still believed to be a flavoring, just without the cocaine alkaloid. I was fascinated by the history of the usage of some plants, such as the coca plant and the kola nut, both the original ingredients in Coca-Cola.
The book covers a wide range of plants, from those that are developed into illegal drugs, such as coca (the source of cocaine) to common house and garden plants that are lethal. One medical journal cited a case of a woman who ate celery root and then went to a tanning booth, ending up with a severe sunburn.” Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.“Farm workers and handlers of celery routinely get burns on their skin that show up under sunlight, and people who eat large quantities of celery are at risk as well. For nature lovers, garden enthusiasts, and colouring book addicts who think they've seen it all, here's a colouring book they didn't see coming: breathtakingly beautiful plants that maim, intoxicate, inflict pain, and even murder. Based on the New York Times bestseller Wicked Plants. For gardening die-hards, each plant's family, habitat, and common names are also listed. Drawing on history, medicine, science, and legend, each wonderfully creepy spread offers the curious stories of these botanical evildoers, from the vine that ate the South to the weed that killed Lincoln's mother to the world's deadliest seed.
Amy Stewart and Briony Morrow-Cribbs offer up 40 menacing plants in gorgeous, vintage-style botanical illustrations to color. BEWARE! Even horticulture has a dark side.
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