Posted by Brad Mangas on April 18, 2010 at 6:15 AM
A native specie I find mostly in the prairie areas around here as opposed to heavy woodlands. Wonderful inflorescence showing right now.
A Few facts:
The seeds are mildly poisonous with swine particularly susceptible. The leaves poisonous to livestock. Clinical signs include staggering, trembling and legs splayed out like a sawhorse. These symptoms typically last 24 hours.
Native Americans ate the seeds after boiling or roasting. The seeds were ground and thrown into streams to poison the fish. There was also a superstition that carrying a seed in pocket would alleviate rheumatism.
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2 repliesA Few facts:
The seeds are mildly poisonous with swine particularly susceptible. The leaves poisonous to livestock. Clinical signs include staggering, trembling and legs splayed out like a sawhorse. These symptoms typically last 24 hours.
Native Americans ate the seeds after boiling or roasting. The seeds were ground and thrown into streams to poison the fish. There was also a superstition that carrying a seed in pocket would alleviate rheumatism.
We have the Red Buckeye down here in the piney woods of South Arkansas. Lots of them in bloom these days . . . along with the Dogwoods.