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Why should we not eat unknown plants around us if they seem to be edible?
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Eating unknown plants, even temptingly looking ones, could easily lead to sickness or even death. Only eat plants that you recognise as being edible. If you are not sure, look up the plant in a book on wild edible plants - don't just take a risk!
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Why should we not eat unknown plants around us even if they seem to be edible?
Eating unknown plants, even temptingly looking ones, could easily lead to sickness or even death. Only eat plants that you recognise as being edible. If you are not sure, look up the plant in a book on wild edible plants - don't just take a risk!
What are 2 common edible plants?
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Are the roots of a spider plant edible?
Spider plants are in the lily family, related to day lilies, which have edible tuberous roots. So, technically spider plant roots should be edible by the definition of being non-toxic. However, I would not recommend eating your decorative house plants.
Can you cook with bay rum plants?
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What non-edible plants are on Hawaii?
there are thousands. your question needs to be more specific. like are you looking for native plants, or any kind? rainforests deserts jungles aquatic... you should just look it up online. i could easily fill 20 pages listing some of the species of plants here.
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Edible Arrangement coupons do have an expiration date. A person should read the coupon that they have in order to find it.
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How do you identify a edible plant?
Our tastebuds are most often used for this. If it taste really well, then most likely it is edible. A bitter taste may indicate certain poisons. Taste alone is however only an indication of edible value. There are many plants we actually can eat that does not really taste of a lot. The question is, Do we get any nutritions from them. During wartime in Europe it was common to grind up BirchBark and put it into the dough when making bread. It filled the stomach, bud added little or no nutritional value. One thing is for certain. If animals stay clear of certain plants, so should you. Be carefull tasting various plants for consuming. Certain plants are highly poisionus even though they might not have a warningsign when you give them a taste.
