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Can carnivorous plants be eaten

Updated: 11/10/2022
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Currently, there is no known carnivorous plant that is lethal to humans. Although the chemicals inside the plant may make you feel nauseated, you are perfectly safe.

If, however, you ate the gullet of a filled pitcher plant, you would be ingesting many microscopic pathogens that could be harmful to your body. Medical assistance is advised in this case.

Carnivorous plants that are known to be eaten are Drosera rotundifolia, D. anglica, and D. intermedia. Several recipes regarding these plants are known in the proto-medicinal circles, along with a special liquor made from D. rotundifolia formulated by the Italians.

The genus Nepenthes is known (N. bicalcarata) to be used as rice cookers. The pitcher is snipped off, rice put inside, and cooked in a steamer. It is said that the rice has a special taste when cooked this way.

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